The Phenomenology of the Social World

this Book Contains A Thoroughgoing Analysis Of The Role Of Objectivity Versus Subjectivity In The Social Sciences And The Nature Of Human Action . It Also Presents A Philosophical Analysis Of The Nature Of Social Science As Such, And Raises As Well As Answers The Fundamental Question Of Whether To And To What Extent The Social Sciences Can Provide Us With A Genuine Understanding Of Human Beings. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Introduction by George Walsh......Page 14 Author's Preface......Page 30 Preface to the Second German Edition by Ilse Schutz......Page 32 Glossary......Page 34 [1]. The Statement of Our Problem: Max Weber's Basic Methodological Concepts......Page 38 [2]. The Constitution of Meaningful Lived Experience in the Constitutor's Own Stream of Consciousness......Page 80 [3]. Foundations of a Theory of Intersubjective Understanding......Page 132 [4]. The Structure of the Social World: The Realm of Directly Experienced Social Reality, the Realm of Contemporaries, and the Realm of Predecessors......Page 174 [5]. Some Basic Problems of Interpretive Sociology......Page 250 Selected Bibliography......Page 286 Index......Page 288 In this book, his major work, Alfred Schutz attempts to provide a sound philosophical basis for the sociological theories of Max Weber. Using a Husserlian phenomenology, Schutz provides a complete and original analysis of human action and its "intended meaning."