Phenomenology is one of the twentieth centurys most important philosophicalmovements. It is also attracting renewed interest from philosophers workingwithin the... » 

Phenomenology is one of the twentieth centurys most important philosophicalmovements. It is also attracting renewed interest from philosophers workingwithin the analytic tradition often thought to be at odds withphenomenology. In this bold and controversial book Simon Glendinning exploressome fundamental questions about phenomenology that are frequently overlooked.To what extent is phenomenology a coherent school? If it shares some methodsand problems with analytic philosophy and continental philosophy what makes itphilosophically distinctive? Should phenomenology be considered in the largercontext of postKantian philosophy?Beginning with an exploration of what it might mean to do phenomenologyGlendinning explores the phenomenologies of Husserl Heidegger SartreMerleauPonty Levinas and Derrida considering important topics such asontology existentialism perception and the other.He argues that we should consider phenomenologically informed philosophy apartfrom thehistory of the phenomenological movement itself and argues that themain dividing line within philosophy now lies not between analytic andcontinental but scientific and conceptual.Clearly and engagingly written The Movement of Phenomenology is essentialreading for students of phenomenology and contemporary philosophy. «