Phenomenology and Social Reality : Essays in Memory of Alfred Schutz

Alfred Schutz was born in Vienna on April 13, 1899, and died in New York City on May 20, 1959. The year 1969, then, marks the seventieth anniversary of his birth and the tenth year of his death. The essays which follow are offered not only as a tribute to an irreplaceable friend, colleague, and teacher, but as evidence of the contributors' conviction of the eminence of his work. No special pleading is needed here to support that claim, for it is widely acknowledged that his ideas have had a significant impact on present-day philosophy and phenomenology of the social sciences. In place of either argument or evaluation, I choose to restrict myself to some bi~ graphical information and a fragmentary memoir. * The only child of Johanna and Otto Schutz (an executive in a private bank in Vienna), Alfred attended the Esterhazy Gymnasium in Vienna, an academic high school whose curriculum included eight years of Latin and Greek. He graduated at seventeen - in time to spend one year of service in the Austrian army in the First World War. For bravery at the front on the battlefield in Italy, he was decorated by his country. After the war ended, he entered the University of Vienna, completing a four year curriculum in only two and one half years and receiving his doctorate in Law. (Quelle: www.buch.ch) Alfred Schutz was born in Vienna on April 13, 1899, and died in New York City on May 20, 1959. The year 1969, then, marks the seventieth anniversary of his birth and the tenth year of his death. The essays which follow are offered not only as a tribute to an irreplaceable friend, colleague, and teacher, but as evidence of the contributors' conviction of the eminence of his work. No special pleading is needed here to support that claim, for it is widely acknowledged that his ideas have had a significant impact on present-day philosophy and phenomenology of the social sciences. In place of either argument or evaluation, I choose to restrict myself to some bĩ graphical information and a fragmentary memoir. * The only child of Johanna and Otto Schutz (an executive in a private bank in Vienna), Alfred attended the Esterhazy Gymnasium in Vienna, an academic high school whose curriculum included eight years of Latin and Greek. He graduated at seventeen - in time to spend one year of service in the Austrian army in the First World War. For bravery at the front on the battlefield in Italy, he was decorated by his country. After the war ended, he entered the University of Vienna, completing a four year curriculum in only two and one half years and receiving his doctorate in Law Values And The Scope Of Scientific Inquiry, By M. Farber.--the Phenomenology Of Epistemic Claims: And Its Bearing On The Essence Of Philosophy, By R. M. Zaner.--problems Of The Life-world, By A. Gurwitsch.--the Life-world And The Particular Sub-worlds, By W. Marx.--on The Boundaries Of The Social World, By T. Luckmann.--alfred Schutz On Social Reality And Social Science, By M. Natanson.--homo Oeconomicus And His Class Mates, By F. Machlup.--toward A Science Of Political Economics, By A. Lowe.--some Notes On Reality-orientation In Contemporary Societies, By A. Brodersen.--the Eclipse Of Reality, By E. Voegelin.--alienation In Marx's Political Economy And Philosophy, By P. Merlan.--the Problem Of Multiple Realities: Alfred Schutz And Robert Musil, By P. L. Berger.--phenomenology, History, Myth, By F. Kersten.--the Role Of Music In Leonardo's Paragone, By E. Winternitz.--alfred Schutz Bibliography (p. [297]-306) Ed. By Maurice Natanson. Front Matter....Pages N2-XI Values and the Scope of Scientific Inquiry....Pages 1-16 The Phenomenology of Epistemic Claims: And Its Bearing on the Essence of Philosophy....Pages 17-34 Problems of the Life-World....Pages 35-61 The Life-World and the Particular Sub-Worlds....Pages 62-72 On the Boundaries of the Social World....Pages 73-100 Alfred Schutz on Social Reality and Social Science....Pages 101-121 Homo Oeconomicus and His Class Mates....Pages 122-139 Toward a Science of Political Economics....Pages 140-173 Some Notes on Reality-Orientation in Contemporary Societies....Pages 174-184 The Eclipse of Reality....Pages 185-194 Alienation in Marx’s Political Economy and Philosophy ....Pages 195-212 The Problem of Multiple Realities: Alfred Schutz and Robert Musil....Pages 213-233 Phenomenology, History, Myth....Pages 234-269 The Role of Music in Leonardo’s Paragone....Pages 270-296 Back Matter....Pages 297-306 Values and the scope of scientific inquiry, by M. Farber. The phenomenology of epistemic claims: and its bearing on the essence of philosophy, by R. M. Zaner. Problems of the Life-World, by A. Gurwitsch. The Life-World and the particular sub-worlds, by W. Marx. On the boundaries of the social world, by T. Luckmann. Alfred Schutz on social reality and social science, by M. Natanson. Homo oeconomicus and his class mates, by F. Machlup. Toward a science of political economics, by A. Lowe. Some notes on reality-orientation in contemporary societies, by A. Brodersen. The eclipse of reality, by E. Voegelin. Alienation in Marx's Political economy and philosophy, by P. Merlan. The problem of multiple realities: Alfred Schutz and Robert Musil, by P. L. Berger. Phenomenology, history, myth, by F. Kersten. The role of music in Leonardo's Paragone, by E. Winternitz. Alfred Schutz bibliography (p. [297]-306) The essays comprising this volume are concerned with the major themes of the intellectual life of Alfred Schutz: phenomenology, social science and the arts. The authors either explore Schutz's work directly or turn independently to subjects germane to this interests. Among the topics examined are sociological, political, and economic theory, literature, myth and music. Taken as a whole, these essays are not only a memorial tribute to Schutz but a contribution to the central task to which he devoted his career: the philosophical illumination of the social world