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Geography and post-phenomenology.
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Progress in Human Geography . Feb2016, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p48-66. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper examines geography’s engagements with phenomenology. Tracing phenomenology’s influence, from early humanist reflections on the lifeworld to non-representational theories of practice, the paper identifies the emergence of a distinct post-phenomenological way of thinking. However, there is currently no clear articulation of what differentiates post-phenomenology from phenomenology as a set of theories or ideas, nor is there a clear set of trajectories along which such difference can be pursued further. In response to this, the paper outlines three key elements that differentiate phenomenology from post-phenomenology and that require further exploration. First is a rethinking of intentionality as an emergent relation with the world, rather than an a priori condition of experience. Second is a recognition that objects have an autonomous existence outside of the ways they appear to or are used by human beings. Third is a reconsideration of our relations with alterity, taking this as central to the constitution of phenomenological experience given our irreducible being-with the world. Unpacking these differences, the paper offers some suggestions as to how post-phenomenology contributes to the broader discipline of human geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HUMAN geography
*PHENOMENOLOGY
*SUBJECTIVITY
*DISCIPLINE
*GEOGRAPHICAL discoveries
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03091325
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Progress in Human Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112748285
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132514544806