Outside Phenomenology?
Abstract: This essay marks the start of a bold reorientation of a philosophical vision of the author: where the texts of the Christian theological tradition once served as point of reference, it is now the experience of trauma that guides the phenomenological investigation – specifically, the trauma of illness, separation, the death of a child, natural disaster, and the pandemic. These experiences, which befall me without rhyme or reason, open up a new field that has hitherto remained unthought by – and indeed unthinkable to – the phenomenological tradition: extra-phenomenality. As extra-phenomenal, a trauma is neither infra-phenomenal (preparing phenomenality) nor supra-phenomenal (overflowing phenomenality), but rather denotes the destruction of all possible categories of synthesis or horizons of phenomenalization: it is properly speaking outside of lived-experience both in that it cannot be lived through by the traumatized subject in conscious experience as well as making all subsequent lived-experiences impossible. Yet, existence nevertheless persists in this crisis: it is thus not a question of attempting to escape it, or pursuing the restauration of a previous state; but rather of a different way of being there. In this way, trauma reminds us of the very essence of our humanity as a continued transformation.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Outside Phenomenology? ; volume:8 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; pages:315-330 ; extent:16
Open theology ; 8, Heft 1 (2022), 315-330 (gesamt 16)
- Urheber
- DOI
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10.1515/opth-2022-0211
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090514022925720104
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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15.08.2025, 07:20 MESZ
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