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Subject(s)

• Sociologists—Austria—Biography [Browse]
• Phenomenological sociology [Browse]
• Schutz, Alfred 1899-1959 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences [More in this series]

Summary note

"Vienna-born philosopher and social scientist Alfred Schutz (1899-1959) is primarily responsible for applying to the social sciences the resources of phenomenology, the prominent philosophical movement begun by Edmund Husserl in the early twentieth century. Drawing on previously unavailable letters, this biography depicts Schutz's childhood, adolescence, first visit to the United States, struggle to secure asylum for family and friends after the Austrian Anschluss, family and business life, and connections with phenomenologists worldwide, the New School for Social Research, and close friends. As a philosophical biography, it examines the ethical dimensions of his philosophical work, including its resistance to ethical theory, and shows how during the civil rights movement he articulated a standard for assessing democracy in terms of ability to faciliate individual citizen participation."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-308) and index.

Contents

• Maturing in a troubled Vienna.
• Social science and philosophy (1919-38): Weber and Bergson.
• Philosophy and social science (1919-38): Husserl and Mises and Kelsen.
• Matters unpublished.
• Anschluss.
• Reestablishing.
• World War II years.
• Schutz, a Nihilist?
• Peace and productivity after the war (1945-51)
• The years 1952 to 1956: responsible life at its fullest.
• The years 1952 to 1956: philosophical midwifery: correspondence and research.
• The search for equality.
• Triumphs and decline, 1957-58.
• Death and new beginnings.
• Appendix: The courses Schutz taught.

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ISBN

• 0791461416 ((alk. paper))
• 9780791461419 ((alk. paper))

LCCN

2003060488

OCLC

53045155

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