ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the multifarious relations between phenomenology and the Western philosophical tradition. It explores both its relation to Ancient, Medieval and Modern philosophy and the way in which it unfolds historically and engages with some of its contemporary alternatives. The book focuses, on the contrary, upon the different configurations of themes that can be found in some of the most important authors and figures of the phenomenological movement. The methodological guiding thread of all these sections is again the following: each contribution discusses its topic in a way that explains the technical terms, clarifies the basic concepts, employs accessible examples and unpacks critically the relevant philosophical claims. Phenomenology’s contemporary trends and prospects are discussed by thematizing its variations as related to different geographic areas or regions of the world.
