by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Gazing
Gazing: Phenomenological inquiry aims to reach the perspective of the gaze. The researcher/writer is someone who studies and practices writing in the hope to make something clear. Of course, a reluctant writer may need encouragement. And pedagogical encouragement by a...
by admin | Apr 26, 2021 | Textorium
The Experience of Encountering the Sublime Goble, Erika Introduction Moving through the gallery, my eyes slide over the people and then to the paintings. To the left is a portrayal of a battle. I am drawn to the cavalry. Though still – frozen in time, the horses move...
by admin | Apr 26, 2021 | Textorium
Completing a Personal Directive: Signing Your Life Away? As a nurse who has worked with many dying patients, some young, some old, sometimes I think I have seen too much and know too much about death and dying. Yet, at other times I think that what I really understand...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Guided Existential Reflection
Guided Existential Reflection All phenomenological human science research efforts are really explorations into the structures of the human lifeworld, the lived world as experienced in everyday situations and relations. Four fundamental lifeworld themes (or...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Scholars
Jürgen Habermas is widely considered as the most influential thinker in Germany over the past decade (1970-80). As a philosopher and sociologist he has mastered and creatively articulated an extraordinary range of specialized literature in the social sciences, social...