Critical Theory and Phenomenology

Christian Ferencz-Flatz (n. 1981) is a researcher at the Alexandru Dragomir Institute for Philosophy and an associated professor at the National University of Theatre and Film. He is a former fellow of the Alexander Humboldt Foundation. His research interests concern classical german phenomenology, critical theory, film and image theories. His most recent publications include the monographs Sehen Als-ob. Ästhetik und Pragmatik in Husserls Bildlehre (Bautz, 2016) and Filmul ca situație socială (Tact, 2018), as well as the 2016 and 2018 issues of Studia Phaenomenologica: Film and Phenomenology (with J. Hanich) and The Promise of Genetic Phenomenology (with A. Staiti).

• 1. The Function of Pre-theoretical Experience  in Critical Theory and Phenomenology.- 2. Eidetic Intuition and Physiognomic Interpretation.- 3. Adorno’s Genetic Phenomenology.- 4. On Radio. Phenomenology and Critical Media Studies.- 5. Benjamin and the Essence of Phenomenology.- 6. Tactile Reception and Life-Worldly Circumspection.- 7. History at the Crossroads: Heidegger and Surrealism .- 8. Statistic Intersubjectivity. A Phenomenology of Television Audiences.- 9. Kracauer: The Birth of Dialectics from Phenomenological Sociology.- 10. Sancho Panza and the Dialectics of Historic Film.- 11. Conclusions.