Collected Papers V. Phenomenology and the Social Sciences

This volume begins with Schutz's sketch of how Husserl influenced him. It shows how phenomenological theory of the social sciences differs from positivistic approaches, and presents Schutz's theory of relevances--a key feature of his own phenomenology of the social world. It contains excha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schutz, Alfred
Other Authors: Embree, Lester (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Phaenomenologica, Series Founded by H. L. Van Breda and Published Under the Auspices of the Husserl-Archives
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Editorial Introduction
  • Husserl and His Influence on Me
  • Choice and the Social Sciences
  • The Theory of Social Action: Correspondence between Alfred Schutz and Talcott Parsons
  • Reflections on the Problem of Relevance
  • Outlines on “Relevance and Action”
  • T. S. Eliot’s Theory of Culture
  • Letters of Schutz to Felix Kaufmann
  • Letters of Schutz to Gurwitsch
  • Letters of Schutz to Voegelin