ɪt ɡɹˈuː ˌaʊɾəv hɪz stˈʌdi ʌv hˈʌsɜːl æt ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ɪn bɜːlˈɪn,:ɹˌoʊmən ˈeɪt ænd fˈɜːst ɐpˈɪɹd ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɪks dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən ˈɪʃuː ʌv ɹᵻtʃˈɜːtʃᵻz fɪlˈɑːsəfˈiːks.
It grew out of his study of Husserl at the French Institute in Berlin,:viii and first appeared in the 1936-1937 issue of Recherches Philosophiques.