Short description:

The publication of Husserliana XXIII ?Phantasie, Bildbewusstsein, Erinnerung? in 1980 and John B. Brough?s translation of it in 2005 increased interest in Edmund Husserl?s philosophy of depiction. This is the first comprehensive collection in English that provides a systematic reading of Husserl?s theory of depictive image consciousness.

Long description:

The publication of Husserliana XXIII ?Phantasie, Bildbewusstsein, Erinnerung? in 1980 and John B. Brough?s translation of it in 2005 increased interest in Edmund Husserl?s philosophy of depiction. This volume is the first comprehensive book collection in English that provides a systematic reading of Husserl?s theory of depictive image consciousness.

The book explains the meaning of various concepts in Husserl?s philosophy of depiction?such as Bildobjekt, Vergegenwärtigung, Perzeption ? and examines the range and limits of the application of Husserl?s depictive image consciousness to various art practices and media, and to other mental acts, e.g., phantasy, memory. The book discusses, among other topics, empathy, symbolic presentation and the aesthetic experience of depictions. Additionally, the book compares Husserl?s theory of depiction with that of other philosophers, notably Franz Brentano, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Roman Ingarden, Leopold Blaustein and Jean Baudrillard.

Husserl on Depiction will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in phenomenology, philosophy of perception, philosophy of art, aesthetics and pictorial representation.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Regina-Nino Mion, Claudio Rozzoni, and John B. Brough  Part 1: Depictive Image Consciousness  1. Husserl?s Phenomenology of Image-Consciousness in the Age of the Iconic and Digital Turns Nicolas de Warren  2. The Structure of Seeing Pictures Carmelo Cal?  3. A Genetic Phenomenological Theory of Image-Consciousness: Following Husserl?s Direction More than Husserl Reiko Ijuin  Part 2: Phantasy and Depiction  4. Imagination and Phantasí? Alexander Schnell  5. The Conflict Phenomenon: Perception, Imagination, and Ficta Paolo Spinicci  6. On Higher-Order Depictive Image Consciousness Eduard Marbach  Part 3: Art, Aesthetics and Depiction  7. The Image and the World John B. Brough  8. Husserl and the Phenomenological Subject of Depiction Paul Crowther  9. Loin Cloths and Fig Leaves: What Phenomenology can tell us about the Place of the Nude in Sacred Art Javier E. Carre?o Cobos  10. The Aesthetic Attitude and Still Life Paintings Regina-Nino Mion  Part 4: Media and Depiction  11. Image Consciousness in the Age of Street Advertising: Contemporary Challenges to Husserl?s Reading of the Image and its Frame Christian Ferencz-Flatz  12. The Eye and the Lens: Notes on the Intersubjective Constitution of Photography Patrick Gerard Eldridge  13. Seeing Beyond the Image: Husserlian Reflections on the Empathetic Experience of Photographs Marco Cavallaro  14. Beyond Depiction? Prolegomena to a Phenomenology of Virtual Consciousness Claudio Rozzoni  Part 5: Husserl and Other Philosophers on Depiction  15. Phenomenology or Descriptive Psychology of Imagination? A Reexamination of Brentano and Husserl on Phantasy Presentations Robin D. Rollinger  16. Ingarden?s Missed Encounter with Husserl: Image Consciousness, Theory of the Picture, and Aesthetic Experience Peer F. Bundgaard  17. Blaustein?s Aesthetics and the Question of Intentionality: On an Early Reading of Husserl?s Theory of Image Consciousness Witold Płotka  18. Beyond the Mental Imagery Model: Phenomenology and Ontology of Imagination from Husserl to Merleau-Ponty Annabelle Dufourcq  19. Representative Matters: A Critique of Sartre?s Phenomenology of Physical Images Federico Fantelli  20. "The Divine Irreference of Images": From Husserl's Image Object to Baudrillard's Simulacrum Natalie Pfaff