Stephanie Rumpza

The Unthinkable Sacrifice

Philosophy

“If phenomenology’s promise to describe our experience can be hindered by the abstract nature of its concepts, Mickel’s vivid and accessible prose provides readers a valuable entry point to the discussion. The meditation found in these pages seamlessly draws on key insights from contemporary French phenomenology to bring an experience philosophy has too rarely brought to explicit focus: the beautiful and terrible vulnerability of parenthood, and the joys of the sacrifice that this responsibility demands.”