Alfred Schutz on Phenomenology and Social Relations (Heritage of Sociology Series) - Softcover

Schutz, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226741532 ISBN 13: 9780226741536

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1999

Synopsis

Alfred Schutz (1899-1959) stood simultaneously in the camps of philosophy and sociology, and his writings constitute the framework of a sociology based on phenomenological considerations. Schutz's basic contributions issue from a critical synthesis of Husserl's phenomenology and Weber's sociology of understanding. He proceeds on the basis of the irreducible souce of all human knowledge in the immediate experiences of the conscious, alert, and active individual. In this volume Helmut Wagner has selected and skillfully correlated various passages both from Schutz's book The Phenomenology of the Social World and from his scattered papers and essays.

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Alfred Schutz (1899-1959) stood simultaneously in the camps of philosophy and sociology, and his writings constitute the framework of a sociology based on phenomenological considerations. Schutz's basic contributions issue from a critical synthesis of Husserl's phenomenology and Weber's sociology of understanding. He proceeds on the basis of the irreducible source of all human knowledge in the immediate experiences of the conscious, alert, and active individual.

About the Author:

Helmut R. Wagner (1904-89) was a professor emeritus of Sociology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0226741532
• ISBN 13: 9780226741536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Wagner Helmut R.