The dynamics of collective intentionality and its foundation in the second person perspective as extended body: Husserl revisited

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.521311
Keywords: collective intentionality, social ontology, phenomenology, second-person perspective, extended body

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Phenomenological approaches to intersubjectivity show that individuals are both "constituent" and "constituted" by their mutual recognition as intentional agents, giving rise to the ability to integrate a collective intentionality. Reviews of the Husserlian contribution in the context of contemporary studies of social ontology have revealed the newfangled input of his multi-layered description of communalization to explain the social integration of individuals. Starting from this dynamic, this article aims, on the one hand, to show the second-person perspective as enabling an interpersonal self-awareness that gives rise to an extended body, from which the sense of the peculiar perspectivity of a collective intentionality can be understood. On the other hand, it aims to investigate, consequently, if it is possible to recognize a collective sense of ownership and agency.

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02-01-2025
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Anton Mlinar, I. M. (2025). The dynamics of collective intentionality and its foundation in the second person perspective as extended body: Husserl revisited. Daimon Revista Internacional De Filosofia, (94), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.521311
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