This book shows how phenomenology 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 begins with Schutz's appraisal of how Husserl influenced him, and continues with exchanges between Schutz and Eric Voegelin, Felix Kaufmann, Aron Gurwitsch, and Talcott Parsons. This book presents, for the first time, Schutz's incisive criticisms of T.S. Eliot's theory of culture.

This volume contains a translation of four early manuscripts by Alfred Schutz, unpublished at the time, written between 1924 and 1928. The publication of these four essays adds much to our knowledge and appreciation of the wide range of Schutz's phenomenological and sociological interests. Originally published in 1987. The essays consist of: a challenging presentation of a phenomenology of cognition and a treatment of Bergson's conceptions of images, duration, space time and memory; a discussion of the meanings connected with the grammatical forms of language in general; a consideration of the relation between meaning-contents and literary forms in poetry, literary prose narration and dramatic presentation; and an examination of resemblances and differences in the inner forms and characteristics of the major theatrical art forms.

This volume contains a translation of four early manuscripts by Alfred Schutz, unpublished at the time, written between 1924 and 1928. The publication of these four essays adds much to our knowledge and appreciation of the wide range of Schutz's phenomenological and sociological interests. Originally published in 1987. The essays consist of: a challenging presentation of a phenomenology of cognition and a treatment of Bergson's conceptions of images, duration, space time and memory; a discussion of the meanings connected with the grammatical forms of language in general; a consideration of the relation between meaning-contents and literary forms in poetry, literary prose narration and dramatic presentation; and an examination of resemblances and differences in the inner forms and characteristics of the major theatrical art forms.

This book shows how phenomenology 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 begins with Schutz's appraisal of how Husserl influenced him, and continues with exchanges between Schutz and Eric Voegelin, Felix Kaufmann, Aron Gurwitsch, and Talcott Parsons. This book presents, for the first time, Schutz's incisive criticisms of T.S. Eliot's theory of culture.

Das vorliegende Buch geht auf eine vieljahrige intensive Befassung mit den wissenschaftstheoretischen Schriften MAx WEBERS zuriick. 1m Verlaufe dieser Studien hatte sich in mir die Uberzeugung gefestigt, daB MAx WEBERS Fragestellung zwar den Ansatzpunkt jeder echten Theorie der Sozialwissenscha'ften endgiiltig bestimmt hat, daB aber seine Analysen noch nicht bis . in jene Tiefenschicht gefiihrt sind, von der aHein aus viele wichtige, aus dem Verfahren der Geisteswissenschaften selbst erwachsende Aufgaben bewaltigt werden konnen. Tiefergehende Uberlegungen habeI, l vor allem bei WEBERS Zentralbegriff des subjektiven Sinns einzusetzen, der nur ein Titel fiir eine Fiille wichtigster Probleme ist, die WEBER nicht weiter analysiert hat, wenn sie ihm auch gewiB nicht fremd waren. Fast alle diese Probleme hangen mit dem nur in streng philosophischer Selbstbesinnung erschlieBbaren Phanomen der Er lebniszeit (des inneren Zeitsinnes) auf das engste zusammen. Erst von diesem aus kann die hochst komplizierte Struktur geisteswissenschaft licher Grundbegriffe, wie Selbstverstehen und Fremdverstehen, Sinn setzung und Sinndeutung, Symbol und Symptom, Motiv und Entwurf, Sinnadaquanz und Kausaladaquanz, vor aHem aber das Wesen der idealtypischen Begriffsbildung und damit der besonderen Einstellung der Sozialwissenschaften zu ihrem Gegenstand klargestellt werden. Freilich sind hiezu weitlaufige und mitunter recht schwierige Uberlegungen er forderlich, die aber nicht vermieden werden konnen, will man sich die Grundthematik der Sozialwissenschaften und ihre spezifische Methode verdeutlichen."

"The Structures of the Life-World "is the final focus of twenty-seven years of Alfred Schutz's labor, encompassing the fruits of his work between 1932 and his death in 1959. This book represents Schutz's seminal attempt to achieve a comprehensive grasp of the nature of social reality. Here he integrates his theory of relevance with his analysis of social structures. Thomas Luckmann, a former student of Schutz's, completed the manuscript for publication after Schutz's untimely death.

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.

"The Structures of the Life-World "is the final focus of twenty-seven years of Alfred Schutz's labor, encompassing the fruits of his work between 1932 and his death in 1959. This book represents Schutz's seminal attempt to achieve a comprehensive grasp of the nature of social reality. Here he integrates his theory of relevance with his analysis of social structures. Thomas Luckmann, a former student of Schutz's, completed the manuscript for publication after Schutz's untimely death.