Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Standard

Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification. / Zahavi, Dan.

In: Topoi, Vol. 38, No. 1, 15.03.2019, p. 251-260.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Zahavi, D 2019, 'Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification', Topoi, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 251-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6

APA

Zahavi, D. (2019). Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification. Topoi, 38(1), 251-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6

Vancouver

Zahavi D. Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification. Topoi. 2019 Mar 15;38(1):251-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6

Author

Zahavi, Dan. / Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification. In: Topoi. 2019 ; Vol. 38, No. 1. pp. 251-260.

Bibtex

@article{cdbb314a5b60446185017bae427c758b,
title = "Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification",
abstract = "One of the central questions within contemporary debates about collective intentionality concerns the notion and status of the we. The question, however, is by no means new. At the beginning of the last century, it was already intensively discussed in phenomenology. Whereas Heidegger argued that a focus on empathy is detrimental to a proper understanding of the we, and that the latter is more fundamental than any dyadic interaction, other phenomenologists, such as Stein, Walther and Husserl, insisted on the importance of empathy for proper we-experiences. In this paper, I will present some of the key moves in this debate and then discuss and assess Husserl{\textquoteright}s specific proposal, according to which reciprocal empathy, second-person engagement and self-alienation are all important presuppositions for group-identification and we-identity.",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, Reciprocal empathy, Phenomenology, We-identity, Collective intentionality, Group-identification, Second-person engagement, Recognition",
author = "Dan Zahavi",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "251--260",
journal = "Topoi",
issn = "0167-7411",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Second-person engagement, self-alienation, and group-identification

AU - Zahavi, Dan

PY - 2019/3/15

Y1 - 2019/3/15

N2 - One of the central questions within contemporary debates about collective intentionality concerns the notion and status of the we. The question, however, is by no means new. At the beginning of the last century, it was already intensively discussed in phenomenology. Whereas Heidegger argued that a focus on empathy is detrimental to a proper understanding of the we, and that the latter is more fundamental than any dyadic interaction, other phenomenologists, such as Stein, Walther and Husserl, insisted on the importance of empathy for proper we-experiences. In this paper, I will present some of the key moves in this debate and then discuss and assess Husserl’s specific proposal, according to which reciprocal empathy, second-person engagement and self-alienation are all important presuppositions for group-identification and we-identity.

AB - One of the central questions within contemporary debates about collective intentionality concerns the notion and status of the we. The question, however, is by no means new. At the beginning of the last century, it was already intensively discussed in phenomenology. Whereas Heidegger argued that a focus on empathy is detrimental to a proper understanding of the we, and that the latter is more fundamental than any dyadic interaction, other phenomenologists, such as Stein, Walther and Husserl, insisted on the importance of empathy for proper we-experiences. In this paper, I will present some of the key moves in this debate and then discuss and assess Husserl’s specific proposal, according to which reciprocal empathy, second-person engagement and self-alienation are all important presuppositions for group-identification and we-identity.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Reciprocal empathy

KW - Phenomenology

KW - We-identity

KW - Collective intentionality

KW - Group-identification

KW - Second-person engagement

KW - Recognition

U2 - 10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6

DO - 10.1007/s11245-016-9444-6

M3 - Journal article

VL - 38

SP - 251

EP - 260

JO - Topoi

JF - Topoi

SN - 0167-7411

IS - 1

ER -

ID: 172373287