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Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
References
Part I: General Considerations on Macrophenomenology
Macro Strata of the Social World: Institutions, Social Classes, and the State
1 The Oblivion of Macro Phenomenology in Contemporary Social Theory
2 Collective Entities as Anonymous Ideal Types
3 Social Institutions as Reified Patterns of Social Behavior
4 The State and Social Classes as Instantiations of Collective Entities
5 How Can Social Collectives Be Dealt With? Some Methodological Issues
6 The Symbolic Nature of Social Collectives
7 Institutions, Social Classes, and the State as Ideal Relations
8 Society as an Appresentational Apperception
9 Conclusions
References
Macro-social Awareness in Everyday Life: Toward a Phenomenological Theory of Society
1 Introduction
2 The Project of a Phenomenological Theory of Society
The "Cultural Turn" and Its Radicalization as a Condition of Possibility
A Phenomenologically Informed Theory of Society (Or Why We Need "Perspective Dualism")
A Working Definition of Phenomenology (and Two Clarifications)
Toward a Phenomenological Theory of Society
3 What Is It Like to Experience Modern Society?
Two Obstacles to a Phenomenology of the Experience of Society
What Is Modern Society?
What Is It Like to Experience Society?
Too Much to Handle: The "Exceedance" of the Macro-social Space
4 Cognitive Mapping as a Way to Overcome the Transcendence of Society
Images of Society as Cognitive Maps
What Is It Like to Map Society? Toward a Phenomenology of Cognitive Mapping
The Transcendences of the Life-World
Horizonal Awareness and the World as the "All-Encompassing Horizon"
The Social World-Or Society in the First-Person Perspective
Rounding Off the Picture: Cartographic Metaphors and the Problem of Relevance
5 Cognitive Maps in the Post-Truth Era: A Final Reflection
References
Part II: Phenomenology and Politics
Democracy as a Way of Being in the World: Responsivity as the Essence of the Common Good
1 The Common Good as a Way of Relating to the World
2 The Crisis of Democracy as a Crisis of Resonance
3 The Establishment of Democracy as a Sphere of Resonance
References
Phenomenology of Power: Reflections on Social Construction and Subjective Constitution
1 Introduction
2 Parallel Action of Sociology and Phenomenology: "Construction" Versus "Constitution"
3 Power Between Subjectivism and Objectivism
4 The Social Construction of Power
5 The Subjective Constitution of Power
6 Relevance and Power
7 Synthesis
References
Understanding Opinions: A Phenomenological Analysis
1 Introduction
2 Opinion
3 Intersubjective Sedimentation
4 Changing Public Opinion
5 Conclusion
References
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
References
Part I: General Considerations on Macrophenomenology
Macro Strata of the Social World: Institutions, Social Classes, and the State
1 The Oblivion of Macro Phenomenology in Contemporary Social Theory
2 Collective Entities as Anonymous Ideal Types
3 Social Institutions as Reified Patterns of Social Behavior
4 The State and Social Classes as Instantiations of Collective Entities
5 How Can Social Collectives Be Dealt With? Some Methodological Issues
6 The Symbolic Nature of Social Collectives
7 Institutions, Social Classes, and the State as Ideal Relations
8 Society as an Appresentational Apperception
9 Conclusions
References
Macro-social Awareness in Everyday Life: Toward a Phenomenological Theory of Society
1 Introduction
2 The Project of a Phenomenological Theory of Society
The "Cultural Turn" and Its Radicalization as a Condition of Possibility
A Phenomenologically Informed Theory of Society (Or Why We Need "Perspective Dualism")
A Working Definition of Phenomenology (and Two Clarifications)
Toward a Phenomenological Theory of Society
3 What Is It Like to Experience Modern Society?
Two Obstacles to a Phenomenology of the Experience of Society
What Is Modern Society?
What Is It Like to Experience Society?
Too Much to Handle: The "Exceedance" of the Macro-social Space
4 Cognitive Mapping as a Way to Overcome the Transcendence of Society
Images of Society as Cognitive Maps
What Is It Like to Map Society? Toward a Phenomenology of Cognitive Mapping
The Transcendences of the Life-World
Horizonal Awareness and the World as the "All-Encompassing Horizon"
The Social World-Or Society in the First-Person Perspective
Rounding Off the Picture: Cartographic Metaphors and the Problem of Relevance
5 Cognitive Maps in the Post-Truth Era: A Final Reflection
References
Part II: Phenomenology and Politics
Democracy as a Way of Being in the World: Responsivity as the Essence of the Common Good
1 The Common Good as a Way of Relating to the World
2 The Crisis of Democracy as a Crisis of Resonance
3 The Establishment of Democracy as a Sphere of Resonance
References
Phenomenology of Power: Reflections on Social Construction and Subjective Constitution
1 Introduction
2 Parallel Action of Sociology and Phenomenology: "Construction" Versus "Constitution"
3 Power Between Subjectivism and Objectivism
4 The Social Construction of Power
5 The Subjective Constitution of Power
6 Relevance and Power
7 Synthesis
References
Understanding Opinions: A Phenomenological Analysis
1 Introduction
2 Opinion
3 Intersubjective Sedimentation
4 Changing Public Opinion
5 Conclusion
References