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Collected Papers II

Studies in Social Theory

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  • © 1976

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Authors:
  1. Alfred Schutz
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Editors:
  1. Arvid Brodersen
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Part of the book series: Phaenomenologica (PHAE, volume 15)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Pure Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Social World and the Theory of Social Action

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 3-19

    3. The Dimensions of the Social World

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 20-63

    4. The Problem of Rationality in the Social World

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 64-88

  3. Applied Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. The Stranger

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 91-105

    3. The Homecomer

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 106-119

    4. The Well-Informed Citizen

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 120-134

    5. Don Quixote and the Problem of Reality

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 135-158

    6. Making Music Together

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 159-178

    7. Mozart and the Philosophers

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 179-200

    8. Santayana on Society and Government

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 201-225

    9. Equality and the Meaning Structure of the Social World

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 226-273

    10. Some Equivocations in the Notion of Responsibility

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 274-276

    11. Tiresias, or Our Knowledge of Future Events

      • Alfred Schutz
      Pages 277-293

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 295-300
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Elsewhere 1 we were concerned with fundamental aspects of the question how man can comprehend his fellow-men. We analyzed man's subjective experiences of the Other and found in them the basis for his understanding of the Other's subjective processes of consciousness. The very assumption of the existence of the Other, however, introduces the dimension of intersub­ jectivity. The world is experienced by the Self as being inhabited by other Selves, as being a world for others and of others. As we had occasion to point out, intersubjective reality is by no means homogeneous. The social world in which man finds himself exhibits a complex structure; fellow-men appear to the Self under different aspects, to which correspond different cognitive styles by which the Self perceives and apprehends the Other's thoughts, motives, and actions. In the present investigation it will be our main task to describe the origin of the differentiated structures of social reality as well as to reveal the principles underlying its unity and coherence. It must be stressed that careful description of the processes which enable one man to understand another's thoughts and actions is a prerequisite for the methodology of the empirical social sciences. The question how a scientific interpretation of human action is possible can be resolved only if an adequate • From: De, sinnha/te A II/ball tler sowuen WeU, Vienna, 1932; 2nd ed. 1960 (Sektion IV: Strukturanalyse der Sozialwelt, Soziale Umwelt, Mitwelt, Vorwelt, English adaptation by Professor Thomas Luckmann.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Collected Papers II

  • Book Subtitle: Studies in Social Theory

  • Authors: Alfred Schutz

  • Editors: Arvid Brodersen

  • Series Title: Phaenomenologica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1340-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1976

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0248-0Published: 31 October 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1342-0Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1340-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0079-1350

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0331

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 300

  • Topics: Phenomenology

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