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- The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Vienna-born philosopher and social scientist Alfred Schutz (1899–1959) is primarily responsible for applying to the social sciences the resources of phenomenology, the prominent philosophical movement begun by Edmund Husserl in the early twentieth century. Drawing on previously unavailable letters, this biography depicts Schutz’s childhood, adolescence, first visit to the United States, struggle to secure asylum for family and friends after the Austrian Anschluss, family and business life, and connections with phenomenologists worldwide, the New School for Social Research, and close friends. As a philosophical biography, it examines the ethical dimensions of his philosophical work, including its resistance to ethical theory, and shows how during the civil rights movement he articulated a standard for assessing democracy in terms of ability to facilitate individual citizen participation.
Table of Contents
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- Chapter 4: Matters Unpublished
- pp. 63-72
- Chapter 5: Anschluss
- pp. 73-84
- Chapter 6: Reestablishing
- pp. 85-96
- Chapter 7: World War II Years
- pp. 97-116
- Chapter 8: Schutz, a Nihilist?
- pp. 117-130
- Chapter 12: The Search for Equality
- pp. 181-196
- Chapter 13: Triumphs and Decline, 1957–58
- pp. 197-216
- Chapter 14: Death and New Beginnings
- pp. 217-230
- Appendix: The Courses Schutz Taught
- pp. 231-232
- Bibliography
- pp. 279-308
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791484784
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
62386279
Pages
322
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No