Summary Of A Phenomenology Of Fear: Merleau-Ponty

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In the article “A phenomenology of fear: Merleau-Ponty and agoraphobic life-worlds,” Davidson explored the Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical idea of space such as ‘lived’ space and ‘objective’ space on a single case who was agoraphobic. Lived space according to Merleau-Ponty is one’s own self-projection and the social relation to his/her environment. It is an abstract space that one perceives and produces through engaging in activities with the objective space or others. Objective space on the other hand is a physical and tangible space that people can see and measure. Davidson’s argument was systematic yet very philosophical. She started the article by introducing agoraphobia; then she introduced Merleau-Ponty’s concepts of space. Lastly, she

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