Introduction

The papers collected in this number of Phenomenology and mind aim at analyzing max scheler's work and understanding to what extent his reflection can be useful to current debates -in particular as far as values, emotions, and norms are concerned.max ferdinand scheler (munich, 1874 -frankfurt, 1928) was one of the most prolific German intellectuals of his time and a pioneer in phenomenology.The first encounter with phenomenology happened in 1902, when Scheler met Edmund Husserl.In Munich, where he came back in 1906 after he completed his studies in Berlin and Jena, he established, together with Theodor lipps, the circle of the "munich Phenomenologists".some of the members of this group were: maximillian Beck, Theodor conrad, moritz geiger, dietrich von hildebrand, herbert leyendecker, hedwig martius, and alexander Pfänder.his thinking touches on a huge variety of areas both within philosophy and in other related fields and it gives rise to a variety of questions that have been and are still central in different domains.as the stanford encyclopedia of Philosophy, rightly notices: a pioneer in the development of phenomenology in the early part of the 20 th century, scheler broke new ground in many areas of philosophy and established himself as perhaps the most creative of the early phenomenologists.relative to the attention his work received and the attention his contemporaries now enjoy, interest in scheler's work and thought waned considerably.This decrease in attention is in part due to the suppression of Scheler's work by the Nazis from 1933-1945, a suppression stemming from his Jewish heritage and outspoken denunciation of fascism and national socialism.nevertheless, his work has survived and continues to be read and translated throughout the world, serving as evidence of the creative depth and richness of his thought (Davis, and Steinbock 2013).in deciding which domains within his extensive work we wanted to focus on, we were enlightened by Zahavi's reflections (Zahavi 2010).scheler's strength as a phenomenological thinker is undoubtedly to be found in his concrete analyses -in particular in his analyses of emotional life and sociality (Zahavi 2010, p. 175).

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