Prolegomena to understanding Indian culture through Husserl's phenomenological lens

Robert Shaw*, Ashish Malik

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This chapter appropriates the insights of the German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) to examine the nature of Indian culture. Husserl is well known as the founder of the phenomenological method of enquiry. This method enables us to describe our experience in a new way, and thus it allows us to access novel insights. Phenomenology is the sustained attempt to describe our human experiences – such as those that we identify as relevant to Indian culture – without metaphysical and theoretical speculations. To comprehend the method it is necessary to appreciate Husserl’s insight into the nature of human understanding and the way that presuppositions enter into our everyday understanding of that which we encounter.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIndian culture and work organisations in transition
EditorsAshish Malik, Vijay Pereira
PublisherCRC Press / Balkema
Pages158-181
Number of pages24
ISBN (Electronic)9781315625447
ISBN (Print)9781138650077
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
  • General Business,Management and Accounting
  • General Social Sciences

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