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About This Book
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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Table of contents
- THE PARTICIPATING CITIZEN
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Maturing in a Troubled Vienna
- 2. Social Science and Philosophy (1919–38): Weber and Bergson
- 3. Philosophy and Social Science (1919–38): Husserl and Mises and Kelsen
- 4. Matters Unpublished
- 5. Anschluss
- 6. Reestablishing
- 7. World War II Years
- 8. Schutz, a Nihilist?
- 9. Peace and Productivity after the War (1945–51)
- Research and Publications
- 10. The Years 1952 to 1956: Responsible Life at its Fullest
- 11. The Years 1952 to 1956: Philosophical Midwifery; Correspondence and Research
- 12. The Search for Equality
- 13. Triumphs and Decline, 1957–58
- 14. Death and New Beginnings
- Appendix: The Courses Schutz Taught
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index