Geistigkeit, Leben und geschichtliche Welt in der Transzendentalphänomenologie Husserls

„Geistigkeit, Leben und geschichtliche Welt in der Tran-szendentalphänomenologie Husserls“ is the first work onHusserl’s theory of history and the social world that: (1.)Draws extensively on his manuscripts and lecture courses;(2.) Situates Husserl’s view of history and the historicalworld in the wider philosophical context of his time withparticular consideration of the debate between Neokantian-ism (Rickert) and Philosophy of Life (Dilthey, Simmel) onthe status of natural and human sciences. (3.) Does notproject onto Husserl’s work the language and the preoccu-pations of post-husserlian continental philosophy but triesto give a full account of Husserl’s project “from within”.(4.) Attempts to link Husserl’s theory of history to other important areas of his phenomenological research such aseidetics and theory of action.