ABSTRACT
Husserl’s view on whether phenomenology had something substantial to say about the ego underwent decisive changes over the years. My aim in the following chapter is to provide an overview of this development and discuss some of the reasons why Husserl changed his view. I will start with Husserl’s non-egological position in Logical Investigations, then turn to his defense of a pure ego in Ideas I and II, and conclude with Husserl’s late realization that the ego is not a “dead pole of identity,” but that we need to consider historicity, sociality, and normativity if we want to do justice to its complexity.
