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.

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.

Alfred Schutz: On Phenomenology and Social Relations.

Social Forces ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Peter Mc Hugh ◽  
Helmut R. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Alfred Schütz

Alfred Schutz on Phenomenology and Social Relations: Selected Writings.

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Alpert ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Helmut R. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Alfred Schütz

Prolegomena to a Philosophical Phenomenology of Religion

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Tuckett
Keyword(s):  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Natural Attitude ◽  
Max Scheler ◽  
Life World ◽  
Peter Berger ◽  
Phenomenology Of Religion ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
Ontological Turn ◽  
Philosophical Phenomenology ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to deal with a slightly erroneous claim made in previous research that philosophical phenomenology has shown little interest in the topic of “religion”. The majority of this article deals with the branch of the Movement that I have dubbed Sociological Phenomenology which stems out of the work of Alfred Schutz and Max Scheler and has influenced scholars of religion like Peter Berger, Thomas Luckmann and James Spickard. I offer a Husserlian critique of this branch of phenomenology for failing to appreciate the key insights of his later phenomenology’s “ontological turn” where he turned to an analysis on the natural attitude and the life-world. I conclude by showing what a phenomenology or religion consistent with these later insights may look like.

scholarly journals «Chinese» market in the space of a Russian city (the case of Chelyabinsk)

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
A.A. Avdashkin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Media ◽  
Chinese Markets ◽  
Additional Explanation ◽  
Made In

This article is focused on the problem of formation and development of «Chinese markets». Most of the aca-demic texts on the issue are based on materials from the Irkutsk «Shanghai» market. «Chinese markets» of the Ural cities have not been explored. The purpose of this manuscript is to trace the formation and development of ideas about the «Chinese market» among the residents of a large Ural city using the example of Chelyabinsk. The source base includes the author’s personal observations made in the Chinatown area (vicinity of the «Zare-chny Market»), archival documents on migration and trade between China and Chelyabinsk Oblast. In 2019 the author gathered interviews with consumers of the «Chinese» market, apartment owners who rented out housing to the Chinese, and market workers. The Chelyabinsk and all-Russian press are important sources for studying public opinion regarding the «Chinese» markets. The complexity of the study object resulted in the use of a com-plex of methods. These are free informal interviews with city dwellers, included observation in the «Chinese mar-ket», analysis of press content and discourse. Our study of perception of the «Chinese market» showed a lot in common between the emergence of «Chinese markets», and, most importantly, the reaction of the host commu-nity in Chelyabinsk and Siberian cities to this process. In the media discourse and in the mass consciousness of the townspeople, ideas about the «Chinese market» created an image of a «Chinatown» and a large number of Chinese migrants. Around the market, a complex of perceptions of threats has been formed (crime, tax evasion, low-quality goods, etc.). The Chinese market has formed complex networks of social relations between traders and consumers, the host society and migrants. The term of «Chinese market» has incorporated a large number of meanings that are understandable without additional explanation: from organization of urban space to a set of markers that determine social status. Today, the «Chinese market» is the image of the «East» for citizens, where different ethnic groups, borders, and cultures are intertwined.

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