Description: This book argues that Husserl's reflections on Europe led him to develop the most compelling and radical interpretation on the intersubjective, communal, and historical dimensions of his phenomenology.
Review Quotes: "What obviously makes Miettinen's study stand apart, is its unique position at the crossroads of traditional Husserl scholarship, history of ideas, and contemporary political philosophy. It not only shows how Husserl's ideas about historicity, situatedness, and teleology emerged out of the interplay of his phenomenological endeavor and the cultural context saturated with crisis-consciousness; it also seeks to bring these ideas to fruition in the contemporary political and philosophical setting." --Tommi Hjelt, Phenomenological Reviews
"Meticulous and ultimately fascinating, Miettinen's hermeneutic approach introduces a new way to look into Husserl's views on European universalism." --L. A. Wilkinson, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, CHOICE