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Book SynopsisThe Phenomenology of Everyday Life presents results from a rigorous qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human activities and experiences. This book does not seek to replace scientific observation with humanistic analysis, but provides an additional perspective on significant human questions.
Trade Review"One of the pleasant surprises in reading this collection of studies is to become acquainted with interesting work done in phenomenology at the University of Tennessee over the last decade." Bernd Jager, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
"The authors argue persuasively for the need for both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to understand the actual experience of everyday life." Choice
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Existential-Phenomenology and the Science of Psychology: 1. The nature of human experience; 2. Dialogue as method: the phenomenological interview; Part II. Grounding the World of Everyday Life: 3. The body as lived: themes in the human experience of the human body; 4. Time in human life; 5. The human experience of other people; Part III. Selected Topics from Everyday Life: 6. Feeling alone; 7. Making amends: the psychology of reparation; 8. Love and loving; 9. Falling apart; 10. The meanings of death in the context of life; Part IV. The Phenomenology of Everyday Life: 11. Toward an empirical existential-phenomenological psychology; References; Indexes.
