Ronald Bruzina's superb translation... makes available in English a text of singular historical and systematic importance for phenomenology." --Husserl Studies ... a pivotal document in the development of phenomenology... essential reading for students of phenomenology twentieth-century thought." --Word Trade ... an invaluable addition to the corpus of Husserl scholarship. More than simply a scholarly treatise, however, it is the result of Fink's collaboration with Husserl during the last ten years of Husserl's life.... This truly essential work in phenomenology should find a prominent place alongside Husserl's own works. For readers interested in phenomenology--and in Husserl in particular--it cannot be recommended highly enough." --Choice ... a thorough critique of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology... raises many new questions.... a classic." --J. N. Mohanty A foundational text in Husserlian phenomenology, written in 1932 and now available in English for the first time.