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<p>Husserl investigated the topic of childhood in a small number of research manuscripts, produced around the 1930s. This essay first presents its rationale for addressing the issue – which was essentially to examine more closely the phenomenon of <i>Einfühlung</i> in the context of his inquiry into intersubjectivity – and illustrates the method of <i>Rückfrage</i> that guided his research. It then offers a reading of Husserl’s phenomenological descriptions of childhood and the related conceptual distinctions, organizing them under the following headings: a. second childhood (<i>das wirkliche Kind</i>); b. <i>Urkindheit</i>, or primal childhood which, in turn is subdivided into: b1. first childhood outside the womb and b2. intrauterine life; c. procreation or generation (<i>Zeugung</i>), from the <i>UrIch</i> to the <i>VorIch</i>. Throughout this reverse reconstruction, a particular focus is given to the importance of the notion of <i>Paarung</i> (coupling or pairing) at all levels of the ego's constitution. The self-constitution of the ego (<i>Ich</i>) always implies a relationship – which differs as a function of the child's specific stage of development – with all that is alien to the ego (<i>Ichfremdes</i>), right back to the unattainable, yet constitutive alterity of birth.</p>

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Self-constitution and the Other. Husserl’s tentative investigation of the child, infant, and foetus within a regressive inquiry in the direction of birth

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    2025年2月8日

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  • Mario Vergani

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Husserl investigated the topic of childhood in a small number of research manuscripts, produced around the 1930s. This essay first presents its rationale for addressing the issue – which was essentially to examine more closely the phenomenon of Einfühlung in the context of his inquiry into intersubjectivity – and illustrates the method of Rückfrage that guided his research. It then offers a reading of Husserl’s phenomenological descriptions of childhood and the related conceptual distinctions, organizing them under the following headings: a. second childhood (das wirkliche Kind); b. Urkindheit, or primal childhood which, in turn is subdivided into: b1. first childhood outside the womb and b2. intrauterine life; c. procreation or generation (Zeugung), from the UrIch to the VorIch. Throughout this reverse reconstruction, a particular focus is given to the importance of the notion of Paarung (coupling or pairing) at all levels of the ego's constitution. The self-constitution of the ego (Ich) always implies a relationship – which differs as a function of the child's specific stage of development – with all that is alien to the ego (Ichfremdes), right back to the unattainable, yet constitutive alterity of birth.