This book approaches the topic of the subjective, lived experience of hate crime from an expressly phenomenological approach. It provides a well-founded account of how and what is experienced as a hate crime, and what this reveals about ourselves as the continually reconstituted “subject” of such experiences. The book shows how qualitative social science methods, such as semi-structured interviewing, can be better grounded in philosophically informed theory and methodological practices to add greater depth and explanatory power to experiential approaches to social sciences topics. It highlights a number of gaps, contradictions and limitations of Husserlian analysis, which are exposed by attempts to concretely apply this approach to the field of hate crimes, together with some proposals for constructively dealing with them so as to improve the approach. The broad scope of this book covers each of the key stages of a comprehensive Husserlian approach, including the integration of the vital – but highly challenging – aspect of lived embodiment that Husserl himself struggled to incorporate. It includes methodological reflection and critical self-reflection on the nature of experiential analysis, and the difficulties in providing an empathetic understanding of expressions of the deep-seated and clearly harmful forms of prejudice underlying hate crimes, including hate speech. It develops an original view of hate crime and legal and other responses, as well as a novel interpretation of the value of the comprehensive methodological stages pioneered by Husserl. The intended readership includes students and specialists concerned with discrimination and hate crime, as well as those involved in qualitative research into social topics in general. The broader content level makes this work suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students in courses addressing prejudicial actions, their impact and the formation of official responses, including law enforcement.weiterlesen