Mobility in Phenomenological Perspective: On Significance of Movement and Quasi-movement in Human Life

Abstract

Motion is the fundamental property of all-natural phenomena. However, when human life is concerned, the significance of motion or movement is beyond mere natural process, its concept beyond physical time and space. The genealogical-phenomenological approach is used to indicate that our conception of motion endures a historical transition; meaning, that the conceptual significances with respect to human movement and mobility have always been updated alongside technological progress. With a phenomenological analysis of the historical transition of concepts regarding motion, space, and other correlated notions concerning human existence, we try to show that the extension of these old concepts has been expanded, and the updated concepts are redefined and comprehended in a united but multifaceted way. To achieve this goal, this paper gives out a genealogical survey on some typical instances in the development of human mobility. Such a unified sense-complex of different significances of movement and mobility in human life will contribute to our understanding of the world in a diversified and pluralistic way.