Marc Richirs Phänomenologie der Erfahrung

The conceptual complexity that has developed over more than 100 years of phenomenology regularly distracts from what is primarily at stake in it: the most adequate description possible of human experience. This tension permeates the texts of the Belgian phenomenologist Marc Richir in an exemplary manner. He explicitly and referentially inscribes his research into the history of philosophical problems, especially into its transcendental tradition. The basis for this is a multi-layered reading of almost the entire phenomenology of the 20th century. One of the goals of this reading is a subtle yet fundamental survey of the aspects and connections of experience that actually constitute its basic dynamics. This introduction focuses on this second tendency to redefine experience: How does Richir approach ‘experience’ as an object of phenomenological research? What findings does he want to draw attention to? By discussing central concepts and numerous examples on the basis of Richir's texts while also highlighting historical continuities in Richir's problems and questions, the book offers a clear introduction to a work that will continue to be discovered in the coming decades.