Outside Phenomenology?
This essay marks the start of a bold reorientation of a philosophical vision of the author: where the texts of the Christian theological tradition once served as point of reference, it is now the experience of trauma that guides the phenomenological investigation - specifically, the trauma of illnes...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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De Gruyter
2022
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Open theology
Jahr: 2022, Band: 8, Heft: 1, Seiten: 315-330 |
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Phenomenology
B Experience B Transformation B Trauma |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This essay marks the start of a bold reorientation of a philosophical vision of the author: where the texts of the Christian theological tradition once served as point of reference, it is now the experience of trauma that guides the phenomenological investigation - specifically, the trauma of illness, separation, the death of a child, natural disaster, and the pandemic. These experiences, which befall me without rhyme or reason, open up a new field that has hitherto remained unthought by - and indeed unthinkable to - the phenomenological tradition: extra-phenomenality. As extra-phenomenal, a trauma is neither infra-phenomenal (preparing phenomenality) nor supra-phenomenal (overflowing phenomenality), but rather denotes the destruction of all possible categories of synthesis or horizons of phenomenalization: it is properly speaking outside of lived-experience both in that it cannot be lived through by the traumatized subject in conscious experience as well as making all subsequent lived-experiences impossible. Yet, existence nevertheless persists in this crisis: it is thus not a question of attempting to escape it, or pursuing the restauration of a previous state; but rather of a different way of being there. In this way, trauma reminds us of the very essence of our humanity as a continued transformation. |
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| ISSN: | 2300-6579 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Open theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/opth-2022-0211 |