DOI: 10.11648/j.ijp.20261403.12 ISSN: 2330-7455

Considerations of Contemporary Crisis Exclusively Within the Boundaries of Phenomenology

Irakli Batiashvili
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The subject of our philosophical reflection is the latest modification of the crisis of European humanity; however, this reflection is conducted strictly within phenomenological boundaries. Specifically, these considerations and analyses are grounded in the method developed by Edmund Husserl and, in their consistent progression, are continuously guided by it. We would like to note that in this paper we will still use the term “Western crisis” because it includes “European” and because the essential characteristics of the phenomenon of the European crisis largely apply to the entire Western world. We investigate whether the phenomenon of the contemporary Western crisis is manifested in a certain type of consciousness and, if so, how; in particular, we examine and analyze this manifestation within two opposing types of intentionality, which are characterized by more or less stable worldview attitudes: namely, modern liberal consciousness and conservative consciousness. Our explication reveals the distinct forms in which “crisis” manifests itself for these two polarized modes of consciousness and clarifies how radically differently the whole-objective sense of “crisis” is constituted for each of them. Finally, the process of constitution carried out by these two contrary types of consciousness necessarily implies a third type, within whose intentionality the sense of the “contemporary crisis” is constituted in yet another manner. It is noteworthy that precisely this perception and understanding of crisis is marked by a particularly intense and comprehensive character. The analysis presented here opens the way for future innovative studies of the crisis of Western civilization and its various modifications. Specifically, we have opportunity to examine these phenomena not through a naive, traditional approach, but rather as they manifest themselves within the horizons of different types of meaning-constituting consciousness. Such an approach will enable us to gain a much deeper insight into the problems and complexities of Western civilization.

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