Schutz on transcendence and the variety of life-world experience

Chung-Chi Yu

pp. 267-280

in: George Psathas, Hisashi Nasu (eds), Explorations of the life-world, Berlin, Springer, 2005

Abstract

Since the 1980s it was commonly held that the practical action or working (Wirken) plays a central role in the life-world theory of Alfred Schutz. I recognize the significance of this interpretation, yet I question whether practical action alone is sufficient to explain the variety of life-world experiences. The long neglected notions like transcendence and appresentation in Schutz are explored in this paper to treat this question.

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Schütz Alfred