Phenomenology of Practice offers an extensive exploration of phenomenological traditions and methods for the human sciences. The phrase, phenomenology of practice, refers to the meaning and practice of phenomenology in professional contexts such as pedagogy, health care, education, and psychology, as well as to the practice of phenomenological reflection in contexts of everyday living. This 400 page book presents a detailed description of key phenomenological ideas as they have evolved over the past century. It makes understandable what is meant by the phenomenological epoché, the various forms of the reduction, and the notion of the vocative, the example, the image, the anecdote, and the poetic in the textual practice of writing. It thoughtfully works through the methodological issues of phenomenological reflection and empirical methods that a phenomenology of practice offers to meaningful inquiry into the meanings of lived experience. This comprehensive text is of practical and theoretical interest to

all concerned with the interrelationship between being and acting, thoughtfulness and tact, meaning and method in human sciences research and in everyday life.

 

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