The Husserl Dictionary (Continuum Philosophy Dictionaries, 2)

Product Description

The Husserl Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Husserl’s thought. Students will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key terms used in Husserl’s writings and detailed synopses of his key works. The Dictionary also includes entries on Husserl’s major philosophical influences, including Brentano, Hume, Dilthey, Frege, and Kant, and those he influenced, such as Gadamer, Heidegger, Levinas, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. It covers everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Husserl’s phenomenology, offering clear and accessible explanations of often complex terminology. The Husserl Dictionary is the ideal resource for anyone reading or studying Husserl, Phenomenology or Modern European Philosophy more generally.

Review

The Husserl Dictionary should be welcomed by all thoseinterested in Husserl and phenomenology. Novices will find its entrieshelpful in providing clear orientation in Husserl’s difficult thought,while specialists will appreciate especially the numerouscross-references to Husserl’s Collected Works that support the accountsof central terms.
(Sanford Lakoff)

About the Author

DermotMoran is Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics & Logic) at UniversityCollege Dublin, Ireland. His previous publications include Edmund Husserl:Founder of Phenomenology (Polity, 2005), Introduction to Phenomenology (Routledge, 2000), The Phenomenology Reader (co-edited with Tim Mooney,Routledge, 2002), Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (co-editedwith Lester E. Embree, Routledge, 2004) and The Routledge Companion toTwentieth-Century Philosophy (Routledge, 2008). He is founding Editor of theInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies.Joseph Cohen is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland. His previous publications include: Le spectre juif de Hegel (Galilée, 2005), Le sacrifice de Hegel (Galilée, 2007) and Alternances de la métaphysique. Essais sur Emmanuel Levinas (Galilée, 2009). He also co-edited, with Raphael Zagury-Orly, Judéités. Questions pour Jacques Derrida (Galilée, 2003.