<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The human being as a constituted objectivity is a fragile ‘figure’ who lives in through their individual and shared experience. As a constituted objectivity, it influences our experiences, actions and the constitution of our community. Nevertheless, it appears to us, who actually constitute it, as a completely independent and immutable object, as a mere fact our experience has to comply with, and as a normative representation of the human being. This paper inquires - from a phenomenological point of view - about the structure that underlies the norm at work in our experience, as well as in the high- and low-level dimensions of the intersubjective community. Indirectly, such a structure can be identified through the connection between Husserl’s understanding of normality and objectivity. My claim is that normativity can be understood as a necessary function and thus can be distinguished from objectivity and normality. Normativity appears, therefore, as a function of objectivity, which allows one to distinguish the latter from normality. As such, normativity should not be confused with an active agreement or regulation, but rather identified as a necessary constitutive structure arising from experiential intersubjective sense-borrowing performance. At the same time, due to its connection to objectivity, normativity also appears to strongly influence the social production of validity, therefore being endorsed by institutions. </p></abstract>

The human being as a constituted objectivity is a fragile ‘figure’ who lives in through their individual and shared experience. As a constituted objectivity, it influences our experiences, actions and the constitution of our community. Nevertheless, it appears to us, who actually constitute it, as a completely independent and immutable object, as a mere fact our experience has to comply with, and as a normative representation of the human being. This paper inquires - from a phenomenological point of view - about the structure that underlies the norm at work in our experience, as well as in the high- and low-level dimensions of the intersubjective community. Indirectly, such a structure can be identified through the connection between Husserl’s understanding of normality and objectivity. My claim is that normativity can be understood as a necessary function and thus can be distinguished from objectivity and normality. Normativity appears, therefore, as a function of objectivity, which allows one to distinguish the latter from normality. As such, normativity should not be confused with an active agreement or regulation, but rather identified as a necessary constitutive structure arising from experiential intersubjective sense-borrowing performance. At the same time, due to its connection to objectivity, normativity also appears to strongly influence the social production of validity, therefore being endorsed by institutions.

Der normierte Mensch. Eine Betrachtung hinsichtlich des Verhältnisses von Normalität und Objektivität aus dem Blickpunkt der husserlschen Phänomenologie / The Normalized Man. Reflexions on the Relationship between Normality and Objectivity from the Point of View of Husserlian Phenomenology

Gestalt Theory

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The human being as a constituted objectivity is a fragile ‘figure’ who lives in through their individual and shared experience. As a constituted objectivity,...

Der normierte Mensch. Eine Betrachtung hinsichtlich des Verhältnisses von Normalität und Objektivität aus dem Blickpunkt der husserlschen Phänomenologie / The Normalized Man. Reflexions on the Relationship between Normality and Objectivity from the Point of View of Husserlian Phenomenology

Article Category: Teil II. Gemeinschaftsbildung und sozialer Raum

Published Online: Dec 21, 2017

Page range: 263 - 279

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/gth-2017-0019

Keywords
Husserl, normality/normativity, the normal human, normative representation of human, objectivity, self-objectivation ‘human’

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Der normierte Mensch. Eine Betrachtung hinsichtlich des Verhältnisses von Normalität und Objektivität aus dem Blickpunkt der husserlschen Phänomenologie / The Normalized Man. Reflexions on the Relationship between Normality and Objectivity from the Point of View of Husserlian Phenomenology

Article Category: Teil II. Gemeinschaftsbildung und sozialer Raum

Published Online: Dec 21, 2017

Page range: 263 - 279

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/gth-2017-0019

KeywordsHusserl, normality/normativity, the normal human, normative representation of human, objectivity, self-objectivation ‘human’

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Husserl, normality/normativity, the normal human, normative representation of human, objectivity, self-objectivation ‘human’