Summary
Hermann Schmitz: A Brief Introduction to the New Phenomenology
In the book A Brief Introduction to the New Phenomenology, one of the most significant representatives of contemporary German philosophy, Hermann Schmitz, gives a compact insight into the main themes and concepts of his phenomenological philosophy. In contrast to older phenomenology (primarily that of Husserl), Schmitz gives primacy to the description of non-arbitrary experience where the living body (German: Leib) plays a key role. Schmitz develops a complex network of terms that can adequately describe the way a person experiences reality: bodily dynamics, bodily communication, subjective facts, significant situations, primitive presence, affective affect, feelings as atmospheres, surfaceless spaces, etc. The main provocation of Schmitz's "New Phenomenology" is that he does not perceive feelings as internal states but as external powers that affect a person. She tries to make accessible to us again a bodily mediated way of experiencing reality against naturalistic reductions and idealistic projections.
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