Karl Eriksson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6032996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karl Eriksson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karl |
| FAMILY NAME | Eriksson |
| SIGNATURE | ERIKSSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7728-8039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Minding the body
In the few social work publications dedicated to exploring phenomenological philosophical concepts, embodiment or the lived body, promoted especially by phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, seems to have received special attention. Roughly, and according to a phenomenological philosophical perspective, the lived body signifies a mind–body unity that is believed to constitute acts of human perception, including social perception. This article ai…
Empathy, Will and Responsibility
The aim of this paper is to explore how Edmund Husserl’s phenomenological account of empathy, as well as Emmanuel Levinas’ critical reception of the same, could contribute with clarity to the debate over the relevance of empathy to social work ethics. I suggest that more attention should be given to the pre-reflective character of empathy, according to Husserl’s account. This resonates with Levinas’ point that the encounter with the other disrupt…
Talking, Listening and Emancipation
This paper adds a phenomenological account to the discussion on what constitutes the favorable prospects of the peer-relation in the context of self-help. By drawing on Heidegger’s lectures on St Paul’s First Thessalonians, and engaging in dialogue with a fictive case, we show that more attention needs to be given to how meaning is enacted, rather than simply adopted, in the peer-relation; that is, away from experiential content towards the proce…
Self-Stigma, Bad Faith and the Experiential Self
The concept of self-stigmatization is guided by a representational account of selfhood that fails to accommodate for resilience against, and recovery from, stigma. Mainstream research on self-stigma has portrayed it only as a reified self, that is, as collectively shared stereotypes representing individuals’ identity. Self-stigma viewed phenomenologically, however, elucidates what facilitates a stigmatized self. A phenomenological analysis disclo…
Self-Stigma, Bad Faith and the Experiential Self
The concept of self-stigmatization is guided by a representational account of selfhood that fails to accommodate for resilience against, and recovery from, stigma. Mainstream research on self-stigma has portrayed it only as a reified self, that is, as collectively shared stereotypes representing individuals’ identity. Self-stigma viewed phenomenologically, however, elucidates what facilitates a stigmatized self. A phenomenological analysis disclo…
Self-Stigma, Bad Faith and the Experiential Self
The concept of self-stigmatization is guided by a representational account of selfhood that fails to accommodate for resilience against, and recovery from, stigma. Mainstream research on self-stigma has portrayed it only as a reified self, that is, as collectively shared stereotypes representing individuals’ identity. Self-stigma viewed phenomenologically, however, elucidates what facilitates a stigmatized self. A phenomenological analysis disclo…
Talking, Listening and Emancipation
This paper adds a phenomenological account to the discussion on what constitutes the favorable prospects of the peer-relation in the context of self-help. By drawing on Heidegger’s lectures on St Paul’s First Thessalonians, and engaging in dialogue with a fictive case, we show that more attention needs to be given to how meaning is enacted, rather than simply adopted, in the peer-relation; that is, away from experiential content towards the proce…
Minding the body
In the few social work publications dedicated to exploring phenomenological philosophical concepts, embodiment or the lived body, promoted especially by phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, seems to have received special attention. Roughly, and according to a phenomenological philosophical perspective, the lived body signifies a mind–body unity that is believed to constitute acts of human perception, including social perception. This article ai…
Empathy, Will and Responsibility
The aim of this paper is to explore how Edmund Husserl’s phenomenological account of empathy, as well as Emmanuel Levinas’ critical reception of the same, could contribute with clarity to the debate over the relevance of empathy to social work ethics. I suggest that more attention should be given to the pre-reflective character of empathy, according to Husserl’s account. This resonates with Levinas’ point that the encounter with the other disrupt…
Epistemology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Experiential learning (2 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (2 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · Active listening (1 works)