Critical Phenomenology and Social Engagement. The Case of Achille Mbembe’s Criticism of Race

Abstract

In the paper I attempt to illustrate the concrete application of the phenomenological instruments of motivation, evidence, and genetic intentionality to an exemplary and highly urgent social problem such as race. To do this, I will develop a so far in large part missed dialogue between classic Husserlian phenomenology and the hermeneutic critical philosophy of Achille Mbembe.