El Otro como Responsabilidad en Tiempos de Pospandemia desde la Fenomenología de Edith Stein

Throughout the history of Western thought, the ontological understanding of the human being and the world has been a constant philosophical concern. Within this horizon, German phenomenology emerges as a proposal aimed at renewing reflection on being, consciousness, and experience. In the context of the profound social, political, and cultural changes of the twentieth century, Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology presents itself as a critique of objectivist reason and as a pathway to understanding reality from the standpoint of the subject’s conscious experience. Through fundamental concepts such as eidetic reduction and epoché, Husserl proposes a method that makes it possible to access the essence of phenomena as they are given to consciousness. This theoretical framework is taken up and reworked by Edith Stein, a disciple of Husserl, who, through a critical dialogue with phenomenology and with Heidegger’s thought, develops a more dynamic understanding of the phenomenon, emphasizing its manifestation and the conscious attitude of the subject. Her reflection offers a profound vision of the human being as a relational reality, capable of understanding oneself and the other. From this perspective, phenomenology is configured as a relevant philosophical foundation for rethinking responsibility toward the other in contemporary contexts marked by crisis and the post-pandemic condition.