Phenomenology of the Political

Download or read book Phenomenology of the Political written by Kevin Thompson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-01-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of phenomenological investigations of the political domain. The essays analyze basic concepts such as action, community, and the relation of the political to the ethical, investigate fundamental issues such as the nation-state, leadership, sovereignty, and responsibility, and they examine the convergence of these matters as exemplified in racial discrimination. The volume also includes discussions of the often-neglected work of such important contributors to this field as Alfred Schutz and Paul Ricoeur.