Phenomenology of the social world – A fresh encounter

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https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.037.e202531510

Palabras clave:

Social World, Phenomenology., Intersubjectivity, Normativity

Resumen

In this short essay, I try to draw the lines for a renewed phenomenological theory of the social world. I criticize the traditional approach, which focuses on intersubjectivity, and try to show that the cru¬cial element of the social world is the nomic connections established between individuals. I also critically examine the modern assumption that the State is the culmination point of the social world. I then move on to the constructive part. I distinguish three types of nomic bonds, which I call sociabilitas, imperium, and oikeiosis, and point to them as the three fundamental axes of the social world. I defend the thesis that they do not overlap but have different structures and dynamics. Finally, I show how some important objective institutions of the social world are fundamentally, although not exclusively, based on one of these three types of nomic bonds. I designate them as Agora, Palace, and Temple. At the very end, I emphasize that the deep layers of any social world are labor and knowledge, which should be accounted for in full-fledged phenomenological research concerning the essential elements of any social world whatsoever.

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Pedro Alves, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa

PhD em Filosofia Contemporânea pela Universidade de Lisboa

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Publicado

2025-07-08

Cómo citar

Alves, P. (2025). Phenomenology of the social world – A fresh encounter. Revista De Filosofía Aurora, 37. https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.037.e202531510

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Fenomenología, mundo y oikología