Presents results from a qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human experiences.

Zusammenfassung
The Phenomenology of Everyday Life presents results from a rigorous qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human activities and experiences. This book does not seek to replace scientific observation with humanistic analysis, but provides an additional perspective on significant human questions.

Inhalt

Preface; Part I. Existential-Phenomenology and the Science of Psychology: 1. The nature of human experience; 2. Dialogue as method: the phenomenological interview; Part II. Grounding the World of Everyday Life: 3. The body as lived: themes in the human experience of the human body; 4. Time in human life; 5. The human experience of other people; Part III. Selected Topics from Everyday Life: 6. Feeling alone; 7. Making amends: the psychology of reparation; 8. Love and loving; 9. Falling apart; 10. The meanings of death in the context of life; Part IV. The Phenomenology of Everyday Life: 11. Toward an empirical existential-phenomenological psychology; References; Indexes.