Geography and post-phenomenology

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ID8091995
AuthorsJames Ash (0000-0002-7693-8201, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Paul Simpson (0000-0002-4234-6523, Plymouth University, UK)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue1
Pages48-66
Publication date2014-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0309132514544806
OpenAlexW1988804711
LanguageEN
Citations received150
References cited76

This paper examines geography’s engagements with phenomenology. Tracing phenomenology’s influence, from early humanist reflections on the lifeworld to non-representational theories of practice, the paper identifies the emergence of a distinct post-phenomenological way of thinking. However, there is currently no clear articulation of what differentiates post-phenomenology from phenomenology as a set of theories or ideas, nor is there a clear set of trajectories along which such difference can be pursued further. In response to this, the paper outlines three key elements that differentiate phenomenology from post-phenomenology and that require further exploration. First is a rethinking of intentionality as an emergent relation with the world, rather than an a priori condition of experience. Second is a recognition that objects have an autonomous existence outside of the ways they appear to or are used by human beings. Third is a reconsideration of our relations with alterity, taking this as central to the constitution of phenomenological experience given our irreducible being-with the world. Unpacking these differences, the paper offers some suggestions as to how post-phenomenology contributes to the broader discipline of human geography

Alterity · Epistemology · Intentionality · Lifeworld · Phenomenology (philosophy · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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