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Deathworlds as a paramount reality

transformative phenomenology as a diagnostic antidote

Valerie Malhotra BentzJames MarlattW. P. Michl

Abstrakt

Schutz’s “paramount reality”—the world of everyday life—fully acknowledged the pervasive presence of death. A social phenomenology revealing Deathworlds as paramount is called for in today’s world. “Objectivist,” personally distanced research approaches, whether quantitative or qualitative, mask forces that foster deathworldly germination, continuation, and expansion. Decades of research based on Transformative Phenomenology (TP), an applied social phenomenology, have brought this to light across levels and types of experience. We discuss the TP process, followed by a detailed example—the Deathworld of intimate partner abuse. Her Schutzian excavation of deep contradictions in the taken-for-granted natural attitude was crucial to W. P. Michl’s revitalized world.

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(2025) Schutzian Research 17.

Referenz:

Bentz Valerie Malhotra, Marlatt James, Michl W. P. (2025) „Deathworlds as a paramount reality: transformative phenomenology as a diagnostic antidote“. Schutzian Research 17.