GIOVANNI JAN GIUBILATO (HG. / ED.), LEBENDIGKEIT DER PHÄNOMENOLOGIE: TRADITION UND ERNEUERUNG / VITALITY OF PHENOMENOLOGY: TRADITION AND RENEWAL, Nordhausen: Traugott Bautz GmbH, 2018. ISBN 9783959484190

Abstract

The main goal of the book Vitality of Phenomenology/Lebendigkeit der Phänomenologie (ed. by Giovanni Jan Giubilato) is not only to outline the variety of philosophical movements that emerged within the field of phenomenology, but also to demonstrate the “vitality” and relevance of phenomenological ideas in the contemporary philosophy. The underlying assumption of the book is that phenomenology by its definition should stay an open project: even if some “discoveries” have been already made in this field, there still stays a possibility of renewal and transformation of our experiences and modes of contemplation. Thus, the movement of phenomenological thought always presupposes a certain kind of circularity and interplay between tradition and renewal. Therefore, the present miscellany of articles aims to cover a wide scope of ideas, which are crucial for the phenomenological tradition, and to show how they function in the contemporary thought. Connections between phenomenology and analytic philosophy of mind, phenomenology and hermeneutics, phenomenology and deconstruction, phenomenology and neorealism, and even the phenomenological implications in political philosophy are all brought to light by this stimulating book.