Michel Henry’s Practical Philosophy

Providing theoretical and applied analyses of Michel Henry's practical philosophy in light of his guiding idea of Life, this is the first sustained exploration of Henry's practical thought in anglophone literature, reaffirming his centrality to contemporary continental thought. This book ranges from the tension between his methodological insistence on life as non-intentional and worldly activities to Henry's engagement with the practical philosophy of intellectuals such as Marx, Freud, and Kandisky to topics of application such as labor, abstract art, education, political liberalism, and spiritual life.An international team of leading Henry scholars examine a vital dimension of Henry's thinking that has remained under-explored for too long.

IntroductionPart 1: Interpretations 1. From Affect to Action to Interpretation: On Michel Henry's Theoria of Immanent Praxis (Frédéric Seyler, de Paul University, USA)2. Affective Labor and the Henry-Ricoeur Debate over Marx (Scott Davidson, West Virginia University, USA)3. Spiritual Life and Cultural Discernment: Thinking Spirituality through Michel Henry (Neal DeRoo, Kings University, Canada)4. Working in the "World of Life": Michel Henry's Philosophy of Subjective Labor (Jeffrey Hanson, Havard University, USA)5. Freud after Henry (Ruud Welten, Tilburg University, The Netherlands) 6. The World or Life's Fragility: A New Critical Reading of Henry's Phenomenology of Life (Paula Lorelle, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) Part 2: Applications7. The Liberal Subject: The Politics of Life in Michel Henry (Joseph Rivera, Dublin City University, Ireland)8. Michel Henry's Barbarism and the practices of education (Brian Harding, Texas Women's University, USA)9. Russian Avant-Garde and Michel Henry's Radical Phenomenology (Ioulia Podoroga, Geneva University, Switzerland)10. Affectivity and its Effects: Social Prospects for the Pathetic Community (Aaron Simmons, Furman University, USA and Maia Wellborn, Fordham University, USA)ConclusionIndex