Introduction: Alfred Schutz and Contemporary Social Theory and Social Research

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Endress
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
Contemporary Social Theory

The Problem of Adequacy Reflections on Alfred Schutz's Contribution to the Methodology of the Social Sciences

1972 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton C. Zijderveld
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Phenomenological Philosophy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
The Many

The theories of the Austrian-American philosopher and social scientist Alfred Schutz have been summarized and introduced sufficiently by various of his students. The purpose of the present paper is not to provide the reader with yet another comprehensive summary of his phenomenology and social theories but will try to formulate what Schutz has contributed to one of the most crucial issues in the methodology of the social sciences, namely the problem of an adequate social theory. Without underestimating the many fruitful insights of his phenomenological philosophy and the contributions he made to social theory in general, it was in the field of methodology that, according to this author's opinion, Schutz contributed most to the social sciences.

The Social Life of Measures: Conceptualizing Measure–Value Environments

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Mubi Brighenti
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Social Theory

Issues of measure and measurement, and their relation to value and values, are of concern in several major threads in contemporary social theory and social research. In this article, the notion of ‘measure–value environments’ is introduced as a theoretical lens through which the life of measures can be better understood. A number of points are made which represent both a continuation and a slight change in emphasis vis-à-vis the existing scholarship. First, it is argued that the relation between measure and value is necessarily circular – better, entangled. Second, a conceptualization of measures as territorializing devices is advanced. Third, importance is given to the fact that measures are not simply tools in our hands, they are also environments in which we live. Fourth, attention is drawn to the fact that the unit ( n = 1) is not just a quantitative happening among others, but is qualitatively distinct.

scholarly journals Cuestiones terminológicas y comentarios de algunas cuestiones clave en la traducción de Análisis reflexivo de Lester Embree

2021 ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Carles Conrad Serra Pàges
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
New School ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
Reflexive Analysis

En esta ponencia presentaremos la traducción al catalán del libro Análisis Reflexivo, de Lester Embree, quien es probablemente el representante vivo más influyente y líder de la corriente fenomenológica que empezó con la New School For Social Research y cuya primera generación fue la de Dorion Cairns, Aaron Gurwitsch y Alfred Schutz. Esta tradición empieza con la publicación de Ideas de Husserl en 1913, por lo que la traducción de este libro no deja de ser un pequeño homenaje al libro en el año de su centenario. Contaremos cómo surgió y por qué decidimos emprender la traducción del libro, para pasar a exponer luego algunas dificultades terminológicas que aparecieron a lo largo de la traducción, así como justificar algunos de los términos que usamos para su traducción. Nos centraremos en los términos que pertenecen estrictamente a la tradición de la New School, como son ‘intentivity’ and ‘intentive process’, acuñados por Cairns, para pasar a explicar luego el término que Lester prefiere para referirse a aquello a lo que se refieren estos conceptos: ‘encounterings’. Finalmente, acabaremos por comentar la traducción de los términos ingleses ‘experience’ (que en catalán y en castellano se traduce por ‘experiencia’, que es un nombre pero no un verbo) y ‘objects as intended to’. En resumen, nuestra intención es presentar la traducción del libro Análisis Reflexivo al catalán y que esta presentación sea un humilde homenaje al autor.In this paper we are going to present the Catalan translation of the book Reflexive Analysis, by Lester Embree, who is probably the most influential living representative and leader of what once was the New School tendency in phenomenology headed by Dorion Cairns, Aron Gurswitch and Alfred Schutz. This tendency began with the publication of Husserl’s Ideas in 1913. In this way, the translation of this book is a small tribute to Ideas in the year of the celebration of its centenary. We will explain how and why we decided to translate Embree’s book, followed by an exposition of some of the terminological difficulties that came up during its translation, as well as the justification for some of our terminological decisions. We will focus on the terms that strictly belong to the tradition of the New School tendency, such as ‘intentiveness’ and ‘intentive process’, coined by Cairns, so as to proceed then to explain the term that Lester prefers to use to refer to what those terms refer to: ‘encounterings’. Finally, we will close this talk by commenting on the translation of the English words ‘experience’ (which in Catalan and in Spanish is translated as ‘experiència’, and which can act as a noun but not as a verb) and ‘objects as intended to’. Summarizing, our intention is to present the translation of the book Reflexive Analysis into Catalan and we expect this presentation to be a humble tribute to the author.

The radicalism of ethnomethodology

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martyn Hammersley
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Social World ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
The 1950S

This book sketches the history, and outlines the character, of ethnomethodology, a distinctive approach to the study of the social world that emerged in U.S. sociology in the 1950s and 1960s.It examines one of its main sources, the phenomenology of Alfred Schutz, and its similarities to and differences from the work of Goffman. In addition, there is an assessment of its relationship to sociology and other disciplines, and its central principles are interrogated in detail. Attention is also given to its influence on social research methodology.

scholarly journals Social Theory and Media Theory: Contributions of Schutz to the Understanding of New Social Realities

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Ana Beatriz Martins ◽  
Victor Piaia
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
The Media ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
Made In

This article aims to contribute to the debate about time and the new social realities resulting from recent changes in the media field. For this, we propose a rereading of a well-known author in social theory: Alfred Schutz. Schutz highlighted the importance of media and the modification of the concept of time. The author did not think of time only descriptively. Instead, he opened a deep dialogue about consciousness and social relations, in perspective with the concepts of space and time, conceptually elaborating these relations. The article has two sections, each corresponding to an approach to time made in media theories and recent social theories. The first one discusses a possible acceleration of time, and the second one discusses the relation of time to memory. We bring the debates to the article, and Schutz's contributions to them, fostering the debate between social theory and media theory, as well as contributing conceptually to recent reflections.

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