Alfred Schutz on Phenomenology and Social Relations

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. Schutzs basic contributions issue from a critical synthesis of Husserls phenomenology and Webers 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 Schutzs book The Phenomenology of the Social World and from his scattered papers and essays.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Schultz, Alfred Schutz
• Assisted by: Helmut R. Wagner (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.1999
• EAN: 9780226741536
• ISBN: 978-0-226-74153-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 217 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 402 g
• Series: Heritage of Society S.; Heritage of Sociology Series H; Heritage of Society S.; Heritage of Sociology Series; Heritage of Sociology Series H; Heritage of Sociology Series Hos (CHUP)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)