Overview
- The first book to provide a systematic analysis of Husserlian phenomenology as an approach to the lived experience of hate crime
- The only volume dealing with the what, how and for-whom levels of the lived experience of hate crime, whilst showing how the lived body mediates each of these experiential levels
- Makes a series of critical yet constructive points to further the claims of Husserlian phenomenology to be a relevant social scientific perspective
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 111)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Analysis and Descriptive Explication
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book approaches the topic of the subjective, lived experience of hate crime from the perspective of Husserlian phenomenology. It provides an experientially well-grounded account of how and what is experienced as a hate crime, and what this reveals about ourselves as the continually reconstituted “subject” of such experiences.
The book shows how qualitative social science methods can be better grounded in philosophically informed theory and methodological practices to add greater depth and explanatory power to experiential approaches to social sciences topics. The Authors also highlight several gaps and contradictions within Husserlian analyses of prejudice, which are exposed by attempts to concretely apply this approach to the field of hate crimes.
Coverage includes the difficulties in providing an empathetic understanding of expressions of harmful formsof prejudice underlying hate crimes, including hate speech, arising from our own and others’ ‘life worlds’. The Authors describe a ‘Husserlian-based’ view of hate crime as well as a novel interpretation of the value of the comprehensive methodological stages pioneered by Husserl.
The intended readership includes those concerned with discrimination and hate crime, as well as those involved in qualitative research into social topics in general. The broader content level makes this work suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, even professionals within law enforcement.
Reviews
“I found the book to be a very valuable addition to phenomenological scholarship. I hope this work sparks more phenomenological interest in areas such as hate crime and violence.” (R. Krishnaswamy, Jindal Global Law Review, Vol. 11 (1), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kim McGuire, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Law, has focused her research upon the creation and effect of cognitive interpretations, with particular regard to improvement in legal approaches. Her work draws upon her background in History, English Literature and Law. In recent years she has focused upon perceptions and the law concerning ‘hate crime’ in the EU. Kim teaches criminal law and criminology. Areas of interest: perceptions of Law in action, utilising Linguistic, psychological, philosophical, socio-economic and historical perspectives.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Lived Experience of Hate Crime
Book Subtitle: Towards a Phenomenological Approach
Authors: Michael Salter, Kim McGuire
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33888-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33886-2Published: 18 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33888-6Published: 05 December 2019
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 286
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Phenomenology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Philosophy of Law, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History