Reflections on the Relationship of “Social Phenomenology” and Hermeneutics in Alfred Schutz. An Introduction

Author(s):  
Michael Staudigl
Author(s):  
Alexey Sitnikov

The article deals with the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. Proceeding from the concept of multiple realities, the author describes religious reality, analyses its relationship with everyday, theoretical, and mythological realities, and identifies the areas where they overlap and their specifics. According to Schütz’s concept, reality is understood as something that has a meaning for a human being, and is also consistent and certain for those who are ‘inside’ of it. Realities are structurally similar to one another as they are similar to the reality that is most obvious for all human beings, i.e., the world of everyday life. Religious reality has one of the main signs of genuine reality, that of internal consistency. Religious reality has its own epoché (special ascetic practices) which has similarities with the epoché of the theoretical sphere since neither serve practical objectives, and imply freedom from the transitory issues of everyday life. Just as the theoretical sphere exists independently of the life of a scientist in the physical world and is needed to transfer results to other people, so the religious reality depends on ritual actions and material objects in its striving for the transcendent. Individual, and especially collective, religious practices are performed physically and are inextricably linked with the bodily ritual. The article notes that although Schütz’s phenomenological concept of multiple realities has repeatedly served as a starting point for the development of various social theories, its heuristic potential has not been exhausted. This allows for the further analyzing and development of topical issues such as national identity and its ties with religious tradition in the modern era, when religious reality loses credibility and has many competitors, one of which is the modern myth of the nation. Intersubjective ideas of the nation that are socially confirmed as the self-evident reality of everyday life cause complex emotions and fill human lives, thus displacing religious reality or forcing the latter to come into complex interactions with the national narrative.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Da Conceição Coelho Brito ◽  
Ana Kézia Cunha de Queiroz ◽  
Maria Socorro De Araújo Dias ◽  
Maria Adelane Monteiro da Silva ◽  
Dirce Stein Backes ◽  
...  

Objetivo: analisar a formação política do enfermeiro sob a ótica de acadêmicos de um curso de enfermagem. Método: estudo qualitativo, exploratório-descritivo, realizado entre 2015 e 2016, com 27 acadêmicos do décimo período de um curso de enfermagem. A coleta mediante entrevista semiestruturada, e a análise orientada pela Fenomenologia Social de Alfred Schutz. Resultados: o tipo ideal de discente foi avesso à política, mesmo considerando-a instrumento assegurador de sua cidadania, pois encontra dificuldade de inter-relacioná-la ao seu fazer profissional, e que concebe a universidade como espaço propício a discussão política, porém restrita a uma limitada quantidade de acadêmicos. Conclusão: o estudo evidencia que o discente típico de enfermagem demonstra inapropriação da ferramenta política, apesar de reconhecer a necessidade de se apoderar dela para desenvolver suas competências profissionais. Assim, o estudo contribui para reflexão da necessidade de favorecer espaços fomentadores do debate político no âmbito universitário.Descritores: Enfermagem, Política, Autonomia profissional, Educação superior.POLITICAL TRAINING OF NURSES IN GRADUATION: THE VIEW OF NURSING ACADEMICSObjective: to analyze the political formation of nurses from the perspective of academics of a nursing course. Method: qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, conducted between 2015 and 2016, with 27 students from the tenth period of a nursing course. The collection through semi-structured interviews, and analysis guided by Alfred Schutz's Social Phenomenology. Results: the ideal type of student was averse to politics, even considering it an instrument to assure their citizenship, as it finds it difficult to interrelate it to their professional practice, and that conceives the university as a favorable space for political discussion, but restricted to a limited amount of academics. Conclusion: the study shows that the typical nursing student demonstrates inappropriate political tool, despite recognizing the need to seize it to develop their professional skills. Thus, the study contributes to the reflection of the need to favor spaces that foster political debate in the university sphere.Descriptors: Nursing, Politics, Professional autonomy, Higher Education.FORMACIÓN POLÍTICA DE ENFERMERAS EN GRADUACIÓN: LA VISIÓN DE LAS ACADEMIAS DE ENFERMERÍAObjetivo: analizar la formación política de las enfermeras desde la perspectiva académica de un curso de enfermería. Método: estudio cualitativo exploratorio descriptivo, realizado entre 2015 y 2016, con 27 estudiantes del décimo período de un curso de enfermería. La colección a través de una entrevista semi estructurada y el análisis guiado por la Fenomenología social de Alfred Schutz. Resultados: el tipo ideal de estudiante era contrario a la política, incluso considerándolo un instrumento para asegurar su ciudadanía, ya que le resulta difícil interrelacionarlo con su práctica profesional, y eso concibe a la universidad como un espacio favorable para la discusión política, pero restringida a una cantidad limitada de académicos. Conclusión: el estudio muestra que el típico estudiante de enfermería de muestra una herramienta política inapropiada, a pesar de reconocerla necesidad de aprovecharla para desarrollar sus habilidades profesionales. Así, el estudio contribuye a la reflexión de la necesidad de favorecer espacios que fomenten el debate político en el ámbito universitario.Descriptores: Enfermería, Política, Autonomía profesional, Educación Superior.


2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Sebastião Caldeira ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus ◽  
Deíse Moura de Oliveira ◽  
Selisvane Ribeiro da Fonseca Domingos ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVE: To understand the typical actions of the mother during the pregnancy of her teenage daughter. METHODS: Qualitative study, based on the theoretical-methodological framework of social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. The data were collected in 2009, and the subjects were nine mothers of adolescent primigravidae. RESULTS: The mother of the pregnant adolescent is typified as one that reacts with surprise and disappointment to being notified of the pregnancy and who, subsequently, conforms to the new reality. In reflecting on her own experience of an adolescent mother, she has expectations to support her daughter during the pregnancy and to offer support, so that the course of her life is not impaired as a result of pregnancy. CONCLUSION: Considering the experience and expectations of the mother of the pregnant adolescent, this study could give subsidies to the planning and execution of the care for this binomial, decreasing the distance between the demands made by it and the practice of health professionals.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martyn Hammersley

The work of Alfred Schutz was an important early influence on Harold Garfinkel and therefore on the development of ethnomethodology. In this article, I try to clarify what Garfinkel drew from Schutz, as well as what he did not take from him, specifically as regards the task of social inquiry. This is done by focusing in detail on one of Schutz’s key articles: ‘Concept and Theory Formation in the Social Sciences’. The aim is thereby to illuminate the relationship between Schutz’s views on the character of social science and Garfinkel’s radical proposal for a re-specified focus of investigation. This is further pursued by examining an important debate about the link between Schutz and ethnomethodology.


Author(s):  
Roberto J. Walton

El artículo expone la interpretación y ampliación realizada por Embree respecto de las ideas de Schutz sobre las ciencias de la cultura. Se ocupa en primer lugar de las características generales de todas las ciencias de la cultura en su tarea de analizar el mundo de la vida como un mundo intersubjetivo e histórico estructurado de acuerdo con coasociados, contemporáneos, predecesores y sucesores. Luego examina los tres partes constituyentes principales que Embree destaca en cada una de ellas: la definición de la disciplina, sus conceptos básicos y sus reglas de procedimiento. Por último, se consideran los puntos de vista de Embree sobre la relación entre metodología y filosofía. Su tesis es que científicos y filósofos pueden encontrarse en una interacción mutua en el ámbito de la teoría de la ciencia que puede ser a la vez filosófica y científica.The article is a presentation of Embree’s interpretation and development of Alfred ideas on the cultural sciences. It deals first with the general characteristics of all cultural sciences in their task of analyzing the lifeworld as an intersubjective and historical world structured according to consociates, contemporaries, predecessors, and successors. Then it examines the three main constituent parts that Embree highlights in each of them: the definition of the discipline, its basic concepts, and its rules of procedure. Finally, Embree’s views on the relationship between methodology and philosophy are considered. His thesis is that scientists and philosophers can meet in a mutual interplay in the realm of a theory of science that can be both philosophic and scientific.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Anaïd Mouratian

“Me, collectives, relatives”: Ricœur refers to the subject of attribution of memory to close the first part of Memory, History, Forgetting, published in 2000. Ricœur mentions in this chapter the work of Alfred Schütz and phenomenological sociology. The exploration of an intermediate plan of memory (between personal memory and collective memory) in the relationship with loved ones will be the occasion for a hermeneutical detour towards this social link of proximity. “On which path of attribution of the memory are the relatives?” Ricœur asks himself. Indeed, relatives are an opportunity to think about recognition by the path of remembrance. This exploration of the attribution of memories opens the connection of memory to recognition on a particular scale of the social bond, that of proximity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Karlayne Reynaux Vieira de Oliveira ◽  
Amuzza Aylla Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Jessica De Melo Albuquerque ◽  
Marianny Medeiros de Moraes

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar a relação que o acesso à saúde de mulheres encarceradas pode ter com o processo de ressocialização. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, tipo descritivo. Fundamentar-se-á o processo no referencial teórico da fenomenologia sociológica de Alfred Schutz. Realizar-se-á a pesquisa no Estabelecimento Prisional Feminino Santa Luzia (EPFSL), no ano de 2019, com mulheres encarceradas há mais de um mês e usuárias dos serviços de saúde ofertados, agentes penitenciários e profissionais de saúde atuantes há mais de três meses. Produzir-se-ão as informações por meio de um formulário de entrevista semiestruturada e analisar-se-ão os dados coletados de acordo com a técnica de Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados esperados: pretende-se desvelar a relação existente entre o acesso aos serviços de saúde e o processo de ressocialização de mulheres encarceradas e descrever as formas como se dão o acesso aos serviços de saúde e as iniciativas de ressocialização no cenário prisional. Descritores: Prisões; Direito à saúde; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Saúde da Mulher; Socialização; Serviços de Saúde.                                                                                                           ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the relation that the access to the health of incarcerated women can have with the process of resocialization. Method: this is a qualitative study, of descriptive type. The process will be based on the theoretical reference of the sociological phenomenology of Alfred Schutz. The research will be carried out at the Santa Luzia Female Prison (SLFP) in 2019, with women incarcerated for more than one month and users of the offered health services, penitentiary agents and health professionals who have been active for more than three months. The information will be produced through a semi-structured interview form and the data collected according to the Content Analysis technique will be analyzed. Expected results: it is intended to unveil the relationship between access to health services and the process of resocialization of imprisoned women and to describe the ways in which access to health services and resocialization initiatives in prisons are given. Descriptors: Prisons; Right to health; Nursing care; Women's Health; Socialization; Health services.RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar la relación que el acceso a la salud de mujeres encarceladas puede tener con el proceso de resocialización. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, tipo descriptivo. Se fundamentará el proceso en el referencial teórico de la fenomenología sociológica de Alfred Schutz. Se realizará la investigación en el Establecimiento Penitenciario Femenino Santa Lucía (EPFSL), en el año 2019, con mujeres encarceladas hace más de un mes y usuarias de los servicios de salud ofertados, agentes penitenciarios y profesionales de salud actuantes desde hace más de tres meses . Se producirá la información a través de un formulario de entrevista semiestructurada y se analizarán los datos recopilados de acuerdo con la técnica de Análisis de Contenido. Resultados esperados: se pretende desvelar la relación existente entre el acceso a los servicios de salud y el proceso de resocialización de mujeres encarceladas y describir las formas como se dan el acceso a los servicios de salud y las iniciativas de resocialización en el escenario penitenciario. Descriptores: Prisiones; Derecho a la Salud; Atención de Enfermería; Salud de la Mujer; Socialización; Servicios de Salud.


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