Embodiment and the Transcendental Foundation of Politics

Gam-e No Publishers, from the ‘Phenomenology and Politics’ series, has published the book ‘Embodiment and the Transcendental Foundation of Politics; A Phenomenological Introduction to the Political’ by Hamid Malekzadeh, a faculty member at Kashan University.

About the book:

The book is among the first works published in Persian with a Husserlian political phenomenology approach. Although its publication in this era should be considered a good omen, one must ask how this long delay in publishing a political work with Husserlian intellectual foundations can be interpreted? This book shows that the conventional understanding of politics has always taken the state as its starting point, whereas politics should begin from the lifeworld and the intersubjective meaning of lived experience. The author, with a new approach, demonstrates that human embodiment and the way common experience is formed provide a transcendental foundation for rethinking politics; a foundation that may lead to opening new horizons for understanding freedom, coexistence, and collective life. This book is a serious and inspiring invitation not only for researchers in philosophy and political sciences but also for any reader who wishes to reflect on the deeper meaning of the political in everyday life.