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The term ?phenomenological community? is not among the most well-known
concepts of phenomenology. It was used by Marc Richir referring to
Merleau-Ponty?s concept of ?natural? community. The paper examines this
concept from the point of view of social philosophy. It analyses its
relevance in the context of a post-Hegelian philosophy of inter-subjectivity.
The community conceived this way is origin and result at the same time,
giving rise to a theory of a historically grounded formation of a previously
not given and heterogeneous communicative integration; moreover, social
mediation defining the subject of action is an open, non-totalizing process,
which makes it possible to conceptualize an integrative action that does not
neutralize the heterogeneity of the contemporary society. The theory of the
phenomenological community is the ontology of a disintegrated but common
world. Social action never happens on the basis of chaos but of the
inter-subjective world, thus it can provide a new basis for such an action.
On the other hand the ?phenomenological community? is essentially a form of
the ?passive synthesis? thus it is unable to provide foundation for a
unifying action, the only possibility for an authentic integration (a
non-representative form of social integration). Thus it necessitates a
critique.