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From Affectivity to Subjectivity Husserl’s Phenomenology Revisited Christian Lotz PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page i From Affectivity to Subjectivity PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page ii Also by Christian Lotz VOM LEIB ZUM SELBST. KRITISCHE ANALYSEN ZU HUSSERL UND HEIDEGGER PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE NON-HUMAN ANIMAL (co-editor with Corinne Painter) ERINNERUNG. PHILOSOPHISCHE POSITIONEN, PERSPEKTIVEN UND PROBLEME (co-editor with T. Wolf and W.Ch. Zimmerli) SUBJEKTIVITÄT-VERANTWORTUNG-WAHRHEIT. NEUE ASPEKTE DER PHÄNO- MENOLOGIE EDMUND HUSSERLS(co-editor with D. Carr) PHILOSOPHIE ALS DENKWERKZEUG. ZUR AKTUALITÄT TRANSZENDENTAL- PHILOSOPHISCHER ARGUMENTATION(co-editor with M. Götze, K. Pollok and D. Wildenburg) PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page iii From Affectivity to Subjectivity Husserl’s Phenomenology Revisited Christian Lotz PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page iv © Christian Lotz 2007 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13:978–0–230–53533–6 hardback ISBN-10:0–230–53533–X hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.Logging,pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lotz,Christian,1970– From affectivity to subjectivity:Husserl's phenomenology revisited / Christian Lotz. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-230-53533-X (alk.paper) 1. Husserl,Edmund,1859-1938.2. Phenomenology.I.Title. B3279.H94L68 2007 142'.7—dc22 2007023307 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd,Chippenham and Eastbourne PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page v Dedicated to Antonio Aguirre, a master. This page intentionally left blank PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Meditating on Husserl’s Phenomenology 1 Chapter One: Phenomenology 8 §1.1. The imaginative and anthropological motive 8 Natural ways to the reduction? 10 A proposal to broaden the debate 12 Phantasy, reflection, eidetics 13 Thinking as playing 20 §1.2. The hermeneutical motive 24 Derrida’s intervention 25 “Pure I” and the totality of the “monad” 27 Ricoeur’s extension 32 Totality and understanding 33 From static to genetic analysis 37 Genetic analysis and the event of the incomprehensible 39 Chapter Two: Affectivity 40 §2.1. Affecting oneself 40 Affection and the body 43 Proto-ethical nature of affection 48 Higher forms of affection 56 §2.2. Affection and tenderness 60 Sensation and affection 63 Gehlen: Bodily communication 68 Longing 71 Levinas’s extension 73 Consequences 77 §2.3. Affection and longing 77 Remarks on Husserl and Fichte 78 Fichte’s extension 82 Sensing 85 vii PPL-UK_HPR-Lotz_fm.qxd 9/28/2007 2:18 PM Page viii viii Contents §2.4. Affecting the other 89 Husserl’s theory of intersubjectivity 92 Kinaesthetic affectivity 97 Non-delayed imitation as joining in 101 Mirroring 103 Mirroring and imitation 105 Chapter Three: Subjectivity 109 §3.1. Subjective life 109 Presentification, phantasy, memory 110 Theoretical unavailability 118 Practical availability 128 §3.2. Conclusion: Husserl’s phenomenology revisited 132 Notes 136 Bibliography 159 Index 168
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