englischMusic can lead us to intense, profound experiences that transform our self-perception and our view of life and the world around us. Readers are given an overview of theories to explain this astonishing phenomenon, ranging from ancient to current philosophical approaches and a comparative [...]

englischThe aesthetic concept of atmosphere places human sensitivities under various natural and cultural conditions in the foreground of aesthetic consideration. As the first monograph to integrate an intercultural perspective into this field, “Atmosphären-Ästhetik: Die Verflochtenheit von Natur, [...]

englisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]

englisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]

englisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]

englischThe third and fourth volumes of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ disclose in detail the entire mass of notes, drafts for seminars and outlines for research manuscripts that Eugen Fink left behind as a unique phenomenological legacy. They are all part of his early work, written in the years [...]

englischThe third volume of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ reveals the full extent of the phenomenological writings of Eugen Fink as an assistant to Edmund Husserl in the years following the completion of the ‘Sixth Cartesian Meditation’ (1932–1938). Moreover, the unpublished notes and drafts that [...]

englischTouch is important. As we have learned all too well during the recent period of pandemic-induced ‘social distancing’, people need to touch and be touched. But what is the phenomenon we call ‘touch’ in all its depth of meaning?

Touch is not simply physical and instrumental; it is closely [...]

englischThis book examines the relationship between personhood and vulnerability in dementia from a phenomenological–anthropological research perspective. The disease poses existential challenges to patients affected by it and their social environment in private, nursing and medical settings. [...]

Dieses Buch beschreibt die Geschichte der Methodik der Textinterpretation von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert und ist leistet gleichzeitig einen innovativen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis des Verhältnisses von russischer Geistesgeschichte, früher Phänomenologie und analytischer [...]

englischThe common topic of the nine essays in this book is the phenomenological dialogue involving Kant and his ‘invention of autonomy’. Is there any relevance left to the Kantian notion of autonomy after the intensive development of ethical and phenomenological thought, stressing the importance of [...]

englischMan is the only living being who is able to relate to the whole and the limits of his existence. In philosophising, he faces the question of the reasons why this is possible. This leads us to a topos that links not only the question of truth and existence, but also the most diverse forms of [...]

Ein Vierteljahrhundert der Suche eines Autors nach der verlorenen Zeit, unternommen in der Einsamkeit und Freiheit eigenständigen Denkens, um entgegen allen akademischen Modeströmungen zurückzufinden zu den Quellen lebendigen Philosophierens. Band II spürt die Vergangenheit, die niemals Gegenwart [...]