Habit, Type, and Alterity in Social Life. Recoiling Protentions and Social Invisibility

• Authors: Atkinson III Mitchell
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The question of the possibility of a phenomenological sociology is of the utmost importance today. In this paper, techniques in transcendental-genetic phenomenology are introduced as applicable to sociological work. I introduce the concept of recoil, a habit of thought which negatively determines protentions and expectations concerning types sedimented in far retention. Recoil is seen to be an important element in the theory of alterity in social life, including the understanding of alters as invisible. Finally, arguments in favor of the use of the epoché in sociological work is given, as the epoché allows us to engage with the experience of the subject of study without a latent invidious comparison to a naturalistic substructure.

Keywords

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Power; alterity; phenomenology; recoil; songness

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 129-142

Contributors

author

Atkinson III Mitchell

• Institue of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Polnad.