The Golden Age of Phenomenology at the New School for Social Research, 1954–1973

413 Pages·2017·1.334 MB·English

by  Lester Embree, Michael D. Barber

LESTER E MICHAEL D.
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF
PHENOMENOLOGY
AT THE NEW SCHOOL FOR
,
SOCIAL RESEARCH
1954–1973
SERIES IN CONTINENTAL THOUGHT
The Golden Age of Phenomenology
at the New School for Social Research, 1954–1973
SERIES IN CONTINENTAL THOUGHT
Editorial Board
Ted Toadvine, Chairman, University of Oregon
Michael Barber, Saint Louis University
Elizabeth A. Behnke, Study Project in Phenomenology of the Body
David Carr, Emory University
James Dodd, New School University
Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University†
Sara Heinämaa, University of Jyväskylä, University of Helsinki
José Huertas-Jourda, Wilfrid Laurier University†
Joseph J. Kockelmans, Pennsylvania State University†
William R. McKenna, Miami University
Algis Mickunas, Ohio University
J. N. Mohanty, Temple University
Dermot Moran, University College Dublin
Thomas Nenon, University of Memphis
Rosemary Rizo-Patron de Lerner, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima
Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz†
Gail Soffer, Rome, Italy
Elizabeth Ströker, Universität Köln†
Nicolas de Warren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University
International Advisory Board
Suzanne Bachelard, Université de Paris†
Rudolf Boehm, Rijksuniversiteit Gent
Albert Borgmann, University of Montana
Amedeo Giorgi, Saybrook Institute
Richard Grathoff, Universität Bielefeld
Samuel Ijsseling, Husserl-Archief te Leuven
Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University
Werner Marx, Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg†
David Rasmussen, Boston College
John Sallis, Boston College
John Scanlon, Duquesne University
Hugh J. Silverman, State University of New York, Stony Brook†
Carlo Sini, Università di Milano
Jacques Taminiaux, Louvain-la-Neuve
D. Lawrence Wieder†
Dallas Willard, University of Southern California†
The Golden Age of
Phenomenology at
the New School for
Social Research,
1954–1973
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Names: Embree, Lester, 1938- editor. | Barber, Michael D., 1949- editor.
Title: The golden age of phenomenology at the New School for Social Research,
1954-1973 / edited by Lester Embree, Michael D. Barber.
Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2017. | Series: Series in
continental thought ; 50 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017024491| ISBN 9780821422045 (hardback : acid-free paper)
| ISBN 9780821445518 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Phenomenology--History--20th century. | New School for Social
Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) | Philosophy, American--20th
century. | Philosophy--United States--History--20th century. | BISAC:
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology. | PHILOSOPHY / General.
Classification: LCC B944.P48 G65 2017 | DDC 142/.70973--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017024491
To the memory of
Maurice Natanson,
New School phenomenology student,
this volume is dedicated.

C O N T E N T S
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Preface xi
Introduction
Lester Embree 1
Part I: Teachers
1 Alfred Schutz
Michael D. Barber: Schutz and the New School 41
Michael D. Barber: Unintended Consequences in Schutz 45
Alfred Schutz: Positivistic Philosophy and the Actual Approach
of Interpretative Social Science 53
2 Dorion Cairns
Lester Embree: Twenty Years at the New School and Before 80
Dorion Cairns: A One-Sided Interpretation of the Present Situation 91
3 Werner Marx
Thomas M. Nenon: The Centrality of the New School
for Werner Marx 99
Werner Marx: The “Need of Philosophy”—An Historical Reflexion 116
4 Aron Gurwitsch
Richard M. Zaner: Gurwitsch at the New School 123
Aron Gurwitsch: On the Object of Thought: Methodological and
Phenomenological Reflections 134
5 J. N. Mohanty
J. N. Mohanty: How I Came to the New School 149
viii contents
6 Thomas M. Seebohm
Thomas M. Seebohm: Memories 157
Thomas M. Seebohm: The Social Life-World and the Problem
of History as a Human Science 159
Part II: Students
7 Maurice Natanson
Michael D. Barber: Maurice Natanson and the New School 175
Michael D. Barber: The Blind Spots of Existentialism and
The Erotic Bird 179
8 Thomas Luckmann
Thomas Luckmann: A Circuitous Route to the New School 194
Thomas Luckmann: The Constitution of Language in the World
of Everyday Life 200
9 Helmut Wagner
George Psathas: Wagner and the New School 218
George Psathas: Helmut Wagner’s Contributions to the
Social Sciences 221
10 Fred Kersten
Fred Kersten: The New School 230
Fred Kersten: The Imaginational and the Actual 232
11 Richard M. Zaner
Richard M. Zaner: My Path to the New School 269
Richard M. Zaner: Sisyphus without Knees: Exploring the Self
and Self-Other Relationships in the Face of Illness and Disability 281
12 Lester Embree
Lester Embree: Going to the New School 302
Lester Embree: Extremely Bad Things: Some Reflective Analysis
of Valuation 312
contents ix
13 Jorge García-Gómez
Jorge García-Gómez: My Philosophical Journey at the New School 321
Jorge García-Gómez: Believing and Knowing: On Julián Marías’s
Interpretation of Ortega’s Notion of Belief 326
14 Giuseppina C. Moneta
Giuseppina C. Moneta: The New School for Social Research 335
Giuseppina C. Moneta: Notes on the Origin of the Historical in the
Phenomenology of Perception 339
15 Osborne P. Wiggins
Osborne P. Wiggins: My Years at the New School 351
Osborne P. Wiggins: Maurice Natanson’s Phenomenological
Existentialism: Alfred Schutz, Edmund Husserl,
and Jean-Paul Sartre 357
16 William McKenna
William McKenna: A Brief Account of My Philosophical
Inspirations 372
William McKenna: Evidence, Truth, and Conflict Resolution 375
Contributors 385
Index 391