The participating citizen : a biography of Alfred Schutz / Michael D. Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, Michael D., 1949-

Series:

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schutz, Alfred, 1899-1959.

Schutz, Alfred.

Sociologists--Austria--Biography.

Sociologists.

Phenomenological sociology.

Austria.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]

Summary:

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 Husser! 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 facilitate individual citizen participation.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0791461416

OCLC:

53045155