CONSTITUTING THE POLITICAL: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON POLITICAL LIBERALISM

In this thesis I will attempt to develop a phenomenological account for Political Liberalism. My hypothesis is that a re-articulation of the main issues in transcendental phenomenology as it relates to social philosophy, first in a genetic sense (as developed by Alfred Schutz), but also in a generative context (as developed by Bernhard Waldenfels), provides us with a methodological ground that can instigate a more complex account for the questions of social choice and the way in which we establish preferences. My thesis is that such a complex account of social choice can motivate us to focus on the disordered nature of our constitution of preferences, and point at the importance of a deep comprehension of historicity, along with a defense of freedom of speech as a tool for resignification of social values.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Only Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Pontin, Fabricio

Contributors dc:contributor

• Steinbock, Anthony

• Phenomenology
• Political Economy
• Political Philosophy
• Rational Choice
• Social Choice

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/777

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-1780