Resoundings of the flesh: Caring for others by way of "second person" perspectivity.

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
Scott D Churchill

Abstract

In bringing ourselves to the encounter with the experience of others, we bring our bodies with us-and, in doing so, we are able to resonate not only intellectually but also empathically with the other's experiences and expressions (which are given to us both verbally and nonverbally). In remaining faithful to our foundations in phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas), we shall talk about taking notice of others from within the relational "exchange" and reflect upon what, precisely, are the experientially given "affairs" to which Husserl invited us to return. Our interest begins with the other's "first person" experience, but since we cannot access this directly, we must rely on the resonance we find within ourselves, within our own lived bodies, when we are addressed by the other, whether in word or in gesture. I am wondering what the other is experiencing and all my powers of perception are driven toward this other, whose first person experience remains just out of reach and accessible only insofar as I have this capacity for a deeper "bodily felt" awareness in which the other's experience takes possession of me. Merleau-Ponty's notion of bearing "witness" to behavior is useful in illuminating this "seco...Continue Reading

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