Inventing Philosophy’s Other
Phenomenology in America
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Inventing Philosophy’s Other
Phenomenology in America
The history of phenomenology, and its absence, in American philosophy.
Phenomenology and so-called “continental philosophy” receive scant attention in most American philosophy departments, despite their foundational influence on intellectual movements such as existentialism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction. In Inventing Philosophy’s Other, Jonathan Strassfeld explores this absence, revealing how everyday institutional practices played a determinative role in the development of twentieth-century academic discourse.
Conventional wisdom holds that phenomenology’s absence from the philosophical mainstream in the United States reflects its obscurity or even irrelevance to America’s philosophical traditions. Strassfeld refutes this story as he traces phenomenology’s reception in America, delivering the first systematic historical study of the movement in the United States. He examines the lives and works of Marjorie Grene, Alfred Schütz, Hubert Dreyfus, and Iris Marion Young, among others, while also providing a fresh introduction to phenomenological philosophy.
Phenomenology and so-called “continental philosophy” receive scant attention in most American philosophy departments, despite their foundational influence on intellectual movements such as existentialism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction. In Inventing Philosophy’s Other, Jonathan Strassfeld explores this absence, revealing how everyday institutional practices played a determinative role in the development of twentieth-century academic discourse.
Conventional wisdom holds that phenomenology’s absence from the philosophical mainstream in the United States reflects its obscurity or even irrelevance to America’s philosophical traditions. Strassfeld refutes this story as he traces phenomenology’s reception in America, delivering the first systematic historical study of the movement in the United States. He examines the lives and works of Marjorie Grene, Alfred Schütz, Hubert Dreyfus, and Iris Marion Young, among others, while also providing a fresh introduction to phenomenological philosophy.
344 pages | 6 line drawings | 6 x 9 | © 2022
History: American History, History of Ideas
Philosophy: American Philosophy, General Philosophy, History and Classic Works
Reviews
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Understanding Phenomenology
2 First Encounters
A Marjorie Glicksman Grene
3 Philosophy in Conflict
B Alfred Schütz
4 Who Rules Philosophy?
C Hubert Dreyfus
5 Becoming Continental
D Iris Marion Young
6 Flanking Maneuvers
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Quantitative Sources and Methods
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1 Understanding Phenomenology
2 First Encounters
A Marjorie Glicksman Grene
3 Philosophy in Conflict
B Alfred Schütz
4 Who Rules Philosophy?
C Hubert Dreyfus
5 Becoming Continental
D Iris Marion Young
6 Flanking Maneuvers
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Quantitative Sources and Methods
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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