Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING PHENOMENOLOGY 1. Doing Phenomenology 2. Samples of Phenomenological Texts 3. On the Meaning of Meaning 4. Phenomenology is the Name of a Method 5. The Role of Stories, Anecdotes, and Vignettes 6. Voking Language and Experience; SECTION TWO: PROTAGONISTS AND PRACTICES: A TRADITION OF TRADITIONS 7. On the Way to Phenomenology: Precursors 8. Forming Traditions: Foundational Thinkers 9. Phenomenological Orientations: Protagonists 10. Phenomenology and the Professions: Practitioners; SECTION THREE: METHODS, RESEARCH, WRITING 11. Philosophical Methods: Epoche and Reduction 12. Human Science Methods: Empirical and Reflective Activities 13. Methodological Issues 14. The Desire to Write

About the Author

Max van Manen is emeritus professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has presented at numerous universities in the areas of education, psychology, health science, pedagogy and the arts. His publications on phenomenology, pedagogy, and human science have been translated into many languages.