Plonger en eaux profondes: la réduction phénoménologique hyperbolique de Marc Richir Anne Coignard

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine M. Richir'ʹs phenomenology by focussing on its relation to texts, in terms of both reading and writing. First, this relation is brought back to its roots in Descartes and Husserl. The discussion begins with the possible motivation for the so-‐called 'ʹhyperbolic'ʹ phenomenological reduction, namely, its dependence on Descartes'ʹ Metaphysical Meditations and Husserl'ʹs contributions to Phantasia in the very act (carried out by Richir himself) of reading them. Second, the hyperbolic reduction is discussed with regard to how it could become habitual (in the sense of an habitus) for the practising phenomenologist. In this way, Richir'ʹs phenomenology can be understood in terms of the act of writing.Writing is a process that opens up the transitional space to phenomenality in its wild state.