lostpainter
Please could someone explain Jean Luc Marion's theory of 'givenness' in simple terms.
As I am understanding it, Marion's theory of givenness talks about saturated phenomenon, and this phrase is used as a kind of paradigm of taking about reality as a whole - reality which is then phenomenologically reduced to 'that which appears' as always and already given as a gift.
I have started researching and reading on and came across this passage of writing which I really need clarity on:
'In phenomenological language, this imples that for the subject as regards to what appears, the intuition is always greater than the intention, and supersedes the intentional dynamic of the knowing subject towards the phenomenon. As a consequence the subject falls short in his or her attempt to apprehend what is appearing in the phenomenon. The subject is bedazzled in and through the overwhelming intuition, and is therefore incapable of giving a clear and precise signification to the phenomenon. Instead of the nominative case, in which the subject's mastery is acknowledged with regard to the interpretation and signification of the phenomenon, the subject is turned into the dative case. The subject is one 'to whom it is given to..', and who, in its reception also receives himself or herself. Therefore the the human response is always and already secondary, and consists in nothing more than this in responding to the reception of oneself from givenness. This structure of appeal and response is given, and therefore prior to language and hermeneutics. So language serves as the recognition of the givenness of that which is given in the phenomenon: not what is being said is of real importance, but that something is said'.
What is meant by the subject? Could anyone explain this theory using examples?
Thank you
As I am understanding it, Marion's theory of givenness talks about saturated phenomenon, and this phrase is used as a kind of paradigm of taking about reality as a whole - reality which is then phenomenologically reduced to 'that which appears' as always and already given as a gift.
I have started researching and reading on and came across this passage of writing which I really need clarity on:
'In phenomenological language, this imples that for the subject as regards to what appears, the intuition is always greater than the intention, and supersedes the intentional dynamic of the knowing subject towards the phenomenon. As a consequence the subject falls short in his or her attempt to apprehend what is appearing in the phenomenon. The subject is bedazzled in and through the overwhelming intuition, and is therefore incapable of giving a clear and precise signification to the phenomenon. Instead of the nominative case, in which the subject's mastery is acknowledged with regard to the interpretation and signification of the phenomenon, the subject is turned into the dative case. The subject is one 'to whom it is given to..', and who, in its reception also receives himself or herself. Therefore the the human response is always and already secondary, and consists in nothing more than this in responding to the reception of oneself from givenness. This structure of appeal and response is given, and therefore prior to language and hermeneutics. So language serves as the recognition of the givenness of that which is given in the phenomenon: not what is being said is of real importance, but that something is said'.
What is meant by the subject? Could anyone explain this theory using examples?
Thank you