| The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz Contributor(s): Barber, Michael D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791461416 ISBN-13: 9780791461419 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $53.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: 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 Husser! 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003060488 |
| Series: Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.26" W x 9.36" (1.35 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
