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- Title
The ego, the Other and the primal fact.
- Authors
Tani, Toru
- Abstract
Japan has absorbed many western ideas since the late nineteenth century, but Japanese philosophers have often been reluctant to accept the western idea of the “I” in its entirety. The I transgresses to the Other more easily than western philosophies think and imports what belongs to the Other as his own. How is this possible? Husserl attempted to explain the constitution of the Other by the intentionality that goes from the I to the Other, mediated by the body. However, Husserl later discovered that the constitution of both the I and the Other is more of a two-way movement. This double-movement is essential for all constitutions and departs from a deep (primal) dimension that is not yet egological. Even in the self-reflection of the I, a similar double-movement between the primal and egological dimensions can be seen. The I is supported, but at the same time threatened, by this movement.
- Subjects
HUSSERL, Edmund, 1859-1938; PHENOMENOLOGY; JAPANESE philosophy; INTERSUBJECTIVITY; EGO (Psychology)
- Publication
Continental Philosophy Review, 2008, Vol 41, Issue 4, p385
- ISSN
1387-2842
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11007-008-9092-7