The things themselves
Subtitle: phenomenology and the return to the everyday
By: H. Peter Steeves.
Series: SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780791468531; 9780791468548
Subjects: Phenomenology.
Description: "Taking Edmund Husserl's dictum to heart yet finding in it a new direction, The Things Themselves is an attempt to return philosophy to the world and, in so doing, know ourselves and our place in that world anew. The book deals with the myriad ways in which a phenomenological approach to philosophy can inform commonplace experiences and understanding. From a trip to Disneyland to a morning spent watching television exercise shows, from the commitment to become a vegetarian to the choice to become a political revolutionary, this book breaks down the barrier between theory and praxis, demanding that we both investigate and hold ourselves accountable to this world"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Section I: The animal as first philosophy; title: Monkey see; title: Illicit crossings : the familiar other and the feral self; title: Lost dog; title: Section II: The good, the true, and the beautiful; title: Being beautiful ABS : Kiana, Christ, and the gang at ESPN2; title: Cezanne's out; title: She knows what you did last summer; title: Section III: Away from home; title: Mars attacked! : interplanetary environmental ethics and the science of life; title: A phenomenologist in the magic kingdom : experience, meaning, and being at Disneyland; title: Las Vegas, Las Vegas; title: These hits to the body.