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phenomenology
phenomenology modern school of philosophy founded by Edmund Husserl . Its influence extended throughout Europe and was particularly important to the early development of existentialism. Husserl attempted to develop a universal philosophic method, devoid of presuppositions, by focusing purely on... Read more |
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Class consciousness
Class Consciousness BIBLIOGRAPHY The concept of class consciousness emerged in nineteenth-century socialist theories of social emancipation, mainly in the work of Karl Marx (1818-1883). Marx’s critique of the idealist philosophy of Georg W. F. Hegel (1770-1831) led... Read more |
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Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl , 1859-1938, German philosopher, founder of the phenomenological movement (see phenomenology ). He was professor at Göttingen and Freiburg and was greatly influenced by Franz Brentano. His philosophy is a descriptive study of consciousness for the purpose of discovering the... Read more |
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Edith Stein
Edith Stein German philosopher Edith Stein (1891-1942) was a leading proponent of the phenomenological school of thought led by Edmund Husserl in the first half of the twentieth century. In her writings, Stein attempted to reconcile phenomenology with her Catholic beliefs in works on Thomas... Read more |
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Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille , 1897-1962, French writer. Bataille was the founding editor of the journal Critique (1946). Strongly influenced by Nietzsche, he focuses on extreme states of consciousness (violence and eroticism) as forms of mediation between nature and culture. He presents his ideas in his... Read more |
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Subliminal
Subliminal A term first used by A. H. Pierce of Harvard University for sensations beneath the threshold of consciousness, too vague to be individually recognized. F. W. H. Myers extended the meaning to cover all that takes place beneath the consciousness threshold—sensations, thoughts, and... Read more |
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stream of consciousness
stream of consciousness in literature, technique that records the multifarious thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence. The writer attempts by the stream of consciousness to reflect all the forces, external and internal, influencing the... Read more |
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Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer , 1895-1973, German philosopher and sociologist. As director (1930-58) of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, he played an important role in the development of critical theory and Western Marxism. In Eclipse of Reason (1947) and Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947,... Read more |
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ENABLING/DISABLING SENSATION: TOWARD AN ALIMENTARY IMPERATIVE IN CARNAL...
...Senses When phenomenology turns to the...body in our consciousness of the world...deconstructive critique, which has...Ponty's critique of sensation...component of embodiment that remains...phenomenology reveals ... |
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The Culture of the Body: Genealogies of Modernity.(Book Review)
...postmodern critique of modernity...current ways of thought. Dalia Judovitz...a model of embodiment may resonate...exclusion of embodiment. This understanding...whose multiple embodiments attest to its...Ponty's phenomenology ... |