A tour de force by one of Hungary's most interesting contemporary philosophers, this work outlines a phenomenological approach to some of the main topics of theoretical philosophy, such as meaning, sense, temporality, unity of life, narrative history, self-identity, and intersubjectivity, as well as an ethics of alterity. In his investigations, Laszlo Tengelyi's point of departure is a critical examination of what is commonly referred to as the narrative view of the self, which tends to equate life-history and personal identity. Challenging this view as too one-dimensional and reflective,...

A tour de force by one of Hungary's most interesting contemporary philosophers, this work outlines a phenomenological approach to some of the main topics of theoretical philosophy, such as meaning, sense, temporality, unity of life, narrative history, self-identity, and intersubjectivity, as well as an ethics of alterity. In his investigations, Laszlo Tengelyi's point of departure is a critical examination of what is commonly referred to as the narrative view of the self, which tends to equate life-history and personal identity. Challenging this view as too one-dimensional and reflective,...

In Frankreich hat sich in den letzten Jahren eine spezifische Spielart der Phänomenologie mit sehr eigenständigen Themen formiert, die es hierzulande noch zu entdecken gilt. Ihre wichtigsten Vertreter sind Michel Henry mit seiner radikalen Lebensphänomenologie, Jean-Luc Marion, der eine umfassende Phänomenologie der Gabe entworfen hat, und Marc Richir, der die phänomenologischen Bedingungen einer spontanen Sinnbildung in der Erfahrung dargelegt hat. Der Band präsentiert die Schlüsselwerke dieser Autoren in ausführlichen historisch-systematischen Interpretationen. Zusammen mit sieben...