The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz - Rilegato

Barber, Michael D.

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ISBN 10: 0791461416 ISBN 13: 9780791461419

Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 2004

Riassunto

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.

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Michael D. Barber is Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University and the author of several books, including Equality and Diversity: Phenomenological Investigations of Prejudice and Discrimination.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0791461416
• ISBN 13: 9780791461419
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 322
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile