Shows that Husserl's Phenomenology and its key concept, subjectivity, is based on a concrete anthropological structure, such as self-affection and the bodily experience of the other.

The question of the relation between human and non-human animals in theoretical, ethical and political regards has become a prominent topic within the philosophical debates of the last two decades. This volume explores in substantial ways how phenomenology can contribute to these debates. It offers specific insights into the description and interpretation of the experience of the non-human animal, the relation between phenomenology and anthropology, the relation between phenomenology and psychology, as well as ethical considerations.

The question of the relation between human and non-human animals in theoretical, ethical and political regards has become a prominent topic within the philosophical debates of the last two decades. This volume explores in substantial ways how phenomenology can contribute to these debates. It offers specific insights into the description and interpretation of the experience of the non-human animal, the relation between phenomenology and anthropology, the relation between phenomenology and psychology, as well as ethical considerations.

Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beitrage von Philosophen und Philosophinnen innerhalb der phanomenologischen Forschung, speziell derjenigen Husserls. Die Beitrage zeichnen sich durch ihre innovative Kraft aus, da sie Neuland betreten und der phanomenologischen Forschung neue Wege eroffnen. Die Beitrage reprasentieren den gegenwartigen Forschungsstand auf internationalem Niveau. Forscher und Forscherinnen aus Osterreich, Deutschland, Danemark, Japan, Taiwan, Italien und den USA sind versammelt.
Dieser Band enthalt funf Beitrage in englischer Sprache."

Christian Lotz argues that Immanuel Kant's idea of a mental schematism, which gives the human mind access to a stable reality, can be interpreted as a social concept, which, using Karl Marx, the author identifies as money. Money and its "fluid" form, capital, constitute sociality in capitalism and make access to social reality possible. Money, in other words, makes life in capitalism meaningful and frames all social relations. Following Marx, Lotz argues that money is the true Universal of modern life and that, as such, we are increasingly subjected to its control. As money and capital are...