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Winner of the2007 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology presented by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friends

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.

Preface

1. Maturing in a Troubled Vienna

Schutz's Youth
The Austrian/Viennese Context: Up to World War I
From War's End to the Anschluss
Education and Employment
Marriage and the Founding of a Family

2. Social Science and Philosophy (1919-38): Weber and Bergson

Schutz and Max Weber
From Bergson to Husserl

3. Philosophy and Social Science (1919-38): Husserl and Mises and Kelsen

Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology and The Phenomenology of the Social World
The Austrian Economic School, Value-Freedom, and the Context of Economic Science
Hans Kelsen, the Pure Theory of Law, and Alfred Schutz

4. Matters Unpublished

The Problem of Personality in the Social World
Diary of a 1937 Visit to the United States

5. Anschluss

The Emigration of the Immediate Family, March 13, 1938-June 12, 1938
Arranging the Emigration of Schutz's Parents from Vienna to Paris, June 12, 1938-April 6, 1939 (and Ilse's Mother, Gisela Heim, June 4, 1939)
The Departure of the Schutz Family from Paris for the United States, April 7, 1939-July 14, 1939

6. Reestablishing

Life in the United States and Its Insecurities
Helping Others Emigrate
Business as Usual and a New Academic World

7. World War II Years

Editing, Teaching, War Research, Business
Family and Friends
Publications
A Son's Illness

8. Schutz, a Nihilist?

Gurwitsch and Schutz on "The Stranger"
The Voegelin/Schutz Debate
Assessment of the Debate: The Need for a Participant Stance in Ethics

9. Peace and Productivity after the War (1945-51)

Working with Reitler and Company after the War
The New School for Social Research
The PPR Editorial Board and the International
Phenomenological Society
A Family Tragedy and Friends
Research and Publications

10. The Years 1952 to 1956: Responsible Life at its Fullest

The Final Years of Full Business Life
Family Life: Caring for Older and Younger Generations
The International Phenomenological Society and Editorial Duties
Teaching and Administrating at the New School
Schutz, the Mentor

11. The Years 1952 to 1956: Philosophical Midwifery; Correspondence and Research

Collegiality in Correspondence
Publishing on Wide-Ranging Relevances

12. The Search for Equality

"Equality and the Meaning Structure of the Social World"
Aspects of Human Equality: The Fifteenth Symposium of the Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion
The Institute of Ethics in 1956
Schutz, Ethics, and the Search for Equality

13. Triumphs and Decline, 1957-58

Disputes and Success in the World of Phenomenology
Active Citizenship in the New School Community
Encouraging and Advising Colleagues through Correspondence
Success at Royaumont and in Publication

14. Death and New Beginnings

Illness, Death, and Condolences
Posthumous Publications
Successors

Appendix: The Courses Schutz Taught

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

01 février 2012

EAN13

9780791484784

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

The Participating Citizen A B i o g r a p h y o f A l f r e d S c h u t z

MichaelD.Barber

THE PARTICIPATING CITIZEN

SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Lenore Langsdorf, editor

THE PARTICIPATING CITIZEN

A Biography of Alfred Schutz

MICHAELD. BARBER

S U N Y P TATE NIVERSITY OF EW ORK RESS

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barber, Michael D., 1949– The Participating citizen : a biography of Alfred Schutz / Michael D. Barber. p. cm. — (SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6141-6 (alk. paper) 1. Schutz, Alfred, 1899–1959. 2. Sociologists—Austria—Biography. 3. Phenomenological sociology. I. Title. II. Series.

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For Pat, who loved children, and For Devin and Ollie, whom she would have loved

Maternity, which is bearing par excellence, bears even responsibility for the persecuting by the persecutor.

Emmanuel Levinas,Otherwise than Being

Then a child opens its eyes and sees a tree for the first time. And people seem to us like walking trees.

Czeslaw Milosz, “Into the Tree”

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Contents

Preface 1. Maturing in a Troubled Vienna Schutz’s Youth The Austrian/Viennese Context: Up to World War I From War’s End to theAnschluss Education and Employment Marriage and the Founding of a Family 2. Social Science and Philosophy (1919–38): Weber and Bergson Schutz and Max Weber From Bergson to Husserl 3. Philosophy and Social Science (1919–38): Husserl and Mises and Kelsen Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology and The Phenomenology of the Social World The Austrian Economic School, Value-Freedom, and the Context of Economic Science Hans Kelsen, the Pure Theory of Law, and Alfred Schutz 4. Matters Unpublished The Problem of Personality in the Social World Diary of a 1937 Visit to the United States 5.Anschluss The Emigration of the Immediate Family, March 13, 1938–June 12, 1938 Arranging the Emigration of Schutz’s Parents from Vienna to Paris, June 12, 1938–April 6, 1939 (and Ilse’s Mother, Gisela Heim, June 4, 1939)

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The Departure of the Schutz Family from Paris for the United States, April 7, 1939–July 14, 1939 6. Reestablishing Life in the United States and Its Insecurities Helping Others Emigrate Business as Usual and a New Academic World 7. World War II Years Editing, Teaching, War Research, Business Family and Friends Publications A Son’s Illness 8. Schutz, a Nihilist? Gurwitsch and Schutz on “The Stranger” The Voegelin/Schutz Debate Assessment of the Debate: The Need for a Participant Stance in Ethics 9. Peace and Productivity after the War (1945–51) Working with Reitler and Company after the War The New School for Social Research ThePPREditorial Board and the International Phenomenological Society A Family Tragedy and Friends Research and Publications 10. The Years 1952 to 1956: Responsible Life at its Fullest The Final Years of Full Business Life Family Life: Caring for Older and Younger Generations The International Phenomenological Society and Editorial Duties Teaching and Administrating at the New School Schutz, the Mentor 11. The Years 1952 to 1956: Philosophical Midwifery; Correspondence and Research Collegiality in Correspondence Publishing on Wide-Ranging Relevances 12. The Search for Equality “Equality and the Meaning Structure of the Social World” Aspects of Human Equality: The Fifteenth Symposium of the Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion The Institute of Ethics in 1956 Schutz, Ethics, and the Search for Equality

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13. Triumphs and Decline, 1957–58 Disputes and Success in the World of Phenomenology Active Citizenship in the New School Community Encouraging and Advising Colleagues through Correspondence Success at Royaumont and in Publication 14. Death and New Beginnings Illness, Death, and Condolences Posthumous Publications Successors Appendix: The Courses Schutz Taught Notes Bibliography Index

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