Phenomenology of Sociality Discovering the ‘We’ Routledge Research in Phenomenology Series

Phenomenological accounts of sociality in Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Scheler, Schütz, Stein and many others offer powerful lines of arguments to recast current, predominantly analytic, discussions on collective intentionality and social cognition. Against this background, the aim of this volume is to reevaluate, critically and in contemporary terms, the rich phenomenological resources regarding social reality: the interpersonal, collective and communal aspects of the life-world (Lebenswelt). Specifically, the book pursues three interrelated objectives: it aims 1.) to systematically explore the key phenomenological aspects of social reality; 2.) to offer novel, state-of-the-art assessments of both central and lesser-known proponents of the phenomenology of sociality (Gurwitsch, Löwith, von Hildebrand, or Walther), and 3.) to contextualize this elaborate body of work in light of contemporary social cognition research, the growing literature in analytic social ontology, and current trends in moral psychology, moral phenomenology, and social and political philosophy. The collection brings together original articles by a host of prominent scholars and upcoming young talents to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the topic. It will be essential reading for those studying phenomenological accounts of intersubjectivity, empathy, and community, including analytic, social, moral and political philosophers, and will also be of interest for social scientists and social psychologists.

Phenomenological Discoveries Concerning the ‘We’: Mapping the Terrain Thomas Szanto, Dermot Moran Part I: Historical and Methodological Issues 1. Locating Shared Life in the ‘Thou’: Some Historical and Thematic Considerations James Risser 2.Hannah Arendt’s Conception of Actualized Plurality Sophie Loidolt 3. Habermas and Social Phenomenology: From Verstehen to LebensweltRichard Wolin 4. Second-Person Phenomenology Steven Crowell Part II: Intersubjectivity, the ‘We-World,’ and Objectivity 5. Concrete Interpersonal Encounters or Sharing a Common World: Which is More Fundamental in Phenomenological Approaches to Sociality? Jo-Jo Koo6. Ineinandersein and l’interlacs: The Constitution of the Social World or ‘We-World’ (Wir-Welt) Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty Dermot Moran 7. Davidson and Husserl on the Social Origin of Our Concept of Objectivity Cathal O’Madagain Part III: Social Cognition, Embodiment, and Social Emotions 8. From Types to Tokens: Empathy and Typification Joona Taipale 9. An Interactionist Approach to Shared Cognition: Some Prospects and Challenges Felipe Léon 10. "If I had to live like you, I think I’d kill myself": Social Dimensions of the Experience of Illness Havi Carel 11. Shame as Fellow Feeling Christian Skirke 12. Relating to the Dead: Social Cognition and the Phenomenology of Grief Matthew Ratcliffe Part IV: Collective Intentionality and Affectivity 13. Affective Intentionality: Early Phenomenological Contributions to a New Phenomenological Sociology Íngrid Vendrell Ferran 14. Love and Other Social Stances in Early Phenomenology Alessandro Salice 15. Gurwitsch and the Role of Emotion in Collective Intentionality Eric Chelstrom 16. The Affective ‘We’: Self-regulation and Shared Emotions Joel Krueger Part V: Collective Agency and Group Personhood 17. Husserl on Groupings: Social Ontology and Phenomenology of We-Intentionality Emanuele Caminada 18. Collectivizing Persons and Personifying Collectives: Reassessing Scheler on Group Personhood Thomas Szanto 19. Brothers in Arms: Fraternity-Terror in Sartre’s Social Ontology Nicolas de Warren

Thomas Szanto is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Subjectivity Research (CFS), at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dermot Moran is Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland and Sir Walter Murdoch Adjunct Professor in the Humanitires, Murdoch University, Australia.