lifeworld
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lifeworld (plural lifeworlds)
(philosophy) The world "as lived" prior to reflective representation or analysis.
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According to Merleau-Ponty, perception has an active dimension, in that it is a primordial openness to the lifeworld (to the "Lebenswelt").
In consequence, boundaries between public and private, the individual and society, the system and the lifeworld are deteriorating.