Routledge Research in Phenomenology
About the Book Series
Routledge Research in Phenomenology publishes volumes that relate phenomenological arguments and ideas to a broader range of current philosophical problems. It also offers more historically informed studies of themes and figures from the phenomenological tradition, with the aim to be a rich resource of new ideas and approaches that promise to enliven contemporary debates. Clearly written and rigorously argued, these books ensure accessibility to a broad philosophical audience and to theorists working in other disciplines.
Experiencing Political Conflict: A Critical-Phenomenological Exploration
1st Edition
By Niclas Rautenberg
November 17, 2026
This book systematically investigates the nature of political conflict. It combines the tools and insights of existential phenomenology with those from critical theory and qualitative social research to inquire into the ways that we experience conflict in contemporary polities. Though political ...
Healthy Embodiment: Philosophical Reflections on the Experience of Health
1st Edition
By Bas de Boer
August 27, 2026
This book provides a philosophical analysis of the experience of health and investigates how this experience is shaped by recent developments in medicine and public health. It shows how phenomenological and Foucauldian approaches to health can be systematically integrated into a general account of ...
Husserl on Depiction
1st Edition
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By Regina-Nino Mion, Claudio Rozzoni, John B. Brough
August 27, 2026
The publication of Husserliana XXIII “Phantasie, Bildbewusstsein, Erinnerung” in 1980 and John B. Brough’s translation of it in 2005 increased interest in Edmund Husserl’s philosophy of depiction. This volume is the first comprehensive book collection in English that provides a systematic reading ...
The Phenomenology of Essences
1st Edition
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By Till Grohmann
August 27, 2026
This volume explores the phenomenological notion of essence and related concepts. It discusses the role of essences in epistemology, philosophy of language, sociology, philosophical anthropology, transcendental phenomenology, phenomenological realism and idealism, imagination, metaphysics, and ...
The Phenomenology of the Second-Person Plural
1st Edition
By Sarah Pawlett Jackson
August 27, 2026
This book presents the case that there are forms of human interaction which should be understood as properly second-person plural. It engages with the work of Sartre, Levinas and contemporary phenomenology to show that this claim is not just about grammatical forms of address, but about the ...
Social Ontology and Phenomenology: Methodological Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Thomas J. Spiegel
July 20, 2026
This volume brings together leading scholars from the phenomenological tradition to address questions regarding the relation of social ontology and phenomenology. There is a longstanding suspicion in analytic philosophy that phenomenology cannot contribute to our understanding of social relations, ...
Phenomenology of Broken Habits: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Habitual Action
1st Edition
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By Line Ryberg Ingerslev, Karl Mertens
December 26, 2025
This volume explores the phenomenology of broken habits and their affective, social, and involuntary dimensions. It shows how disruptive experiences impact self-understanding and social embeddedness. The chapters in this volume investigate the epistemic and existential relevance of breakdown of ...
Sartre and Analytic Philosophy
1st Edition
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By Talia Morag
May 05, 2025
This book explores the relevance of Sartre’s work in various areas of contemporary philosophy, including the imagination, philosophy of language, scepticism, social ontology, logic, film, practical rationality, emotions, and psychoanalysis. Unlike other collections focused on Sartre, this book is ...
Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy of Perception
1st Edition
By Peter Antich
December 18, 2024
This book draws on Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology to develop new and promising solutions to contemporary debates about perception. In providing an extension and defense of Merleau-Ponty's account of perceptual content and of the relation between perception and the world, it demonstrates the value of...
Contemporary Phenomenologies of Normativity: Norms, Goals, and Values
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By Sara Heinämaa, Mirja Hartimo, Ilpo Hirvonen
January 29, 2024
This volume investigates forms of normativity through the phenomenological methods of description, analysis, and interpretation. It takes a broad approach to norms, covering not only rules and commands but also goals, values, and passive drives and tendencies. Part I "Basic Perspectives" begins ...
Phenomenology as Critique: Why Method Matters
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By Andreea Smaranda Aldea, David Carr, Sara Heinämaa
January 29, 2024
Drawing on classical Husserlian resources as well as existentialist and hermeneutical approaches, this book argues that critique is largely a question of method. It demonstrates that phenomenological discussions of acute social and political problems draw from a rich tradition of radically critical...
Towards a Phenomenology of Values: Investigations of Worth
1st Edition
By D.J. Hobbs
January 29, 2024
This book provides a framework for phenomenological axiology. It offers a novel account of the existence and nature of values as they appear in conscious experience. By building on previous approaches, including those of Edmund Husserl, Max Scheler, and Nicolai Hartmann, the author develops a ...