One More Phenomenology of the Social World?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 103-119
Author(s):  
Ingeborg K. Helling ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Social World ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Subjective Meaning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
Similarities And Differences

In his “Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt” (1932; engl. tr. 1967) Alfred Schutz refers frequently and mostly positively to the author Fritz Sander. In contrast to other members of the Viennese social science milieus in interwar Vienna, Sander has been neglected in the abundant literature on Schutz. Following Henrich’s (1991) Konstellationsforschung approach, Schutz and Sander are placed in the setting of interwar Viennese social science. Explicit references to Sander made by Schutz will be described, similarities and differences in their treatments of Max Weber’s concepts of social action and subjective meaning will be examined, and their respective views of a phenomenological grounding of social science will be discussed.

scholarly journals Don Quixote and the social system: Interpreting Ronald Laing’s concept of ontological insecurity from Alfred Schütz’ and Talcott Parsons’ theories of social action

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-207
Author(s):  
Christopher Schlembach
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Social System ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Don Quixote ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alfred Schütz

Alfred Schütz and Talcott Parsons, two towering authorities of Weberian social thought are rarely interpreted in the same theoretical perspective (with the exception of Harold Garfinkel). This article intends to show that Schütz’s later writings about the constitution of social reality in the pluralized and differentiated modern society and Parsons’s concept of the social system converge with reference to their common problem of understanding interaction. In this article, I use Ronald Laing’s psychiatric thought of the early 1960s as a starting point to discuss some of the points of intersection between Schütz and Parsons. Laing argued that psychosis is not a phenomenon of the individual mind. Rather it must be understood in terms of an interaction system that is constituted by doctor and patient. The patient cannot maintain ego borders strong enough to establish a role-based social relationship and feels ontologically insecure. It is necessary to understand the patient in his existential position which constitutes his self as a kind of role. Schütz and Parsons reflected on similar interaction systems. Schütz analyzed the little social system that is established between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza; Parsons addressed the social system between doctor and patient. It is argued that Schütz and Parsons analyzed the conditions under which a social system can be established, but they also look at its breakdown leading to the situation as described by Laing.

Alfred Schutz and ethnomethodology: Origins and departures

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martyn Hammersley
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Theory Formation ◽  
Harold Garfinkel ◽  
Social Inquiry ◽  
The Social ◽  
Early Influence ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
The Relationship

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.

scholarly journals MOTIF KORUPSI DALAM AL-QUR’AN PERSPEKTIF TINDAKAN SOSIAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Siti Muwahidah
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Word Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
And Behavior

Corruption is one of the actions included in the category of extra-ordinary crime. A large number of this criminal activity has led many researchers to analyze the sources and causes from various aspects, including theological aspects. Qur'an, the main guide that governs all aspects of life, does not specifically mention this term. However, some terms in Qur'an have an equivalent meaning and characteristics with corruption. This research uses a thematic method to collect verses that have the same theme and uses the social action approach of Alfred Schutz. Through the thematic method, this research found a term mentioned in the Qur'an that has a meaning and character equivalent to corruption. These terms are scattered in several Surahs in the Qur'an, namely al-Ghulul contained in the Q.S. Ali Imran (3): 161; al-hirabah in Q.S. al-Maidah (5): 33; al-idla' in the Q.S. al-Baqarah (2): 188; al-suht in Q.S. al-Maidah (5): 42, 62 and 63; and the term al-khasr in the Q.S. al-Mutaffifin (83): 3. By analyzing word structure and its chronological context, this study found two types of motives that underlie the act of corruption. First, because motive which is always related to property. This motive does not stand alone but is influenced by previous traditions and behavior that have accustomed acts of corruption. Second, in order to motive which is influenced by one's desire to achieve certain goals, thus encouraging acts of corruption.

scholarly journals Significado do ensino do cuidado para docentes enfermeiros

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (30) ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Marta Pereira Coelho ◽  
Adriana Nunes Moraes Partelli ◽  
Ann Mary Machado Tinoco Feitosa Rosas
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alfred Schütz

Compreender a vivência do enfermeiro/docente no ensino do cuidado na graduação de enfermagem enquanto fator de responsabilidade social. Estudo qualitativo com abordagem Fenomenólogica Sociológica Compreensiva de Alfred Schutz. Participaram 22 enfermeiros/docentes de instituição de ensino público e instituição privada de diferentes estados. Dados coletados entre julho e outubro de 2014, após aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa. Análise buscou compreender o típico vivido através dos relatos, procurando as percepções dos mesmos sobre suas experiências em relação à ação social do ensino do cuidado. Emergiram duas categorias concretas do vivido: Ensinar o cuidado de enfermagem como responsabilidade social e vencer os desafios da docência. Para ensinar o cuidado de enfermagem é necessário aliar teoria à prática adequando-se às necessidades demandadas do meio social e às exigências na educação em enfermagem sendo essencial aprender a aprender, a conviver e a ser.Descritores: Ensino, Enfermagem, Docente. Meaning of care teaching for nurse teachersAbstract: Understand the experience of nurses/teachers in the teaching of care in undergraduate nursing as a factor of social responsibility. Qualitative study with a Comprehensive Sociological Phenomenological Approach by Alfred Schutz. Twenty-two nurses/teachers from public schools and private institutions from different states participated. Data collected between July and October 2014, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee. Analysis sought to understand the typical lived through the reports, seeking their perceptions about their experiences in relation to the social action of teaching care. Two concrete categories emerged: Teaching nursing care as a social responsibility and overcoming the challenges of teaching. To teach nursing care, it is necessary to combine theory and practice, adapting to the needs of the social environment and the demands in nursing education, being essential to learn to learn, to live and to be.Descriptors: Teaching, Nursing, Teacher. Importancia de la enseñanza del cuidado para las enfermeras maestrasResumen: Comprender la experiencia de las enfermeras/docentes en la enseñanza de la atención en enfermería de pregrado como factor de responsabilidad social. Estudio cualitativo con un enfoque fenomenológico sociológico integral por Alfred Schutz. Participaron 22 enfermeras/docentes de escuelas públicas e instituciones privadas de diferentes estados. Datos recopilados entre julio y octubre de 2014, después de la aprobación del Comité de Ética. El análisis buscó comprender lo típico vivido a través de los informes, buscando sus percepciones sobre sus experiencias en relación con la acción social de la enseñanza de la atención. Surgieron dos categorías concretas: la enseñanza del cuidado de enfermería como una responsabilidad social y la superación de los desafíos de la enseñanza. Para enseñar cuidados de enfermería, es necesario combinar la teoría y la práctica, adaptándose a las necesidades del entorno social y las demandas de la educación en enfermería, siendo esencial aprender a aprender, vivir y ser.Descriptores: Enseñanza, Enfermería, Docentes.

The Social World Within Reach: Intersubjective Manifestations of Action Completion

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-166
Author(s):  
Mats Andrén
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Bodily Movement ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Alfred Schütz ◽  
At Home

Abstract This is a study of the intersubjective recognizability of the ‘proper’ accomplishment of children’s actions: in particular, how the status of actions as properly completed is often actively made recognizable through speech and various modulations of bodily movement. In addition to analyzing how children do this in a number of cases, I argue that these manifestations of action completion are often strongly dependent on typified conventional knowledge, and that conventionality on the side of the signified is a neglected issue in gesture research. The data consists of video recordings of four Swedish children between 24-30 months of age who interact with their parents at home. The analysis is framed in ideas about intersubjectivity and action drawn from Alfred Schutz and Adam Kendon in particular, but also others. These theoretical syntheses are a substantial part of the contribution of this paper.

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.

Reflexivity and Sociological Practice

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim May
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social World ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Sociological Practice ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social

Attention to reflexivity is often assumed to be the means through which the assumptions and values of social scientists may be uncovered. Researchers are thus called upon to position themselves explicitly in terms of their place within the research process in order that their interpretations may be assessed according to situated aspects of their social selves. Taking a reconstructive social science as one whose aim is to examine our pre-theoretical knowledge in the spirit of producing more adequate accounts of the social world, this article seeks to make sense of these ideas in relation to their consequences for producing an engaged practice and body of knowledge.

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