2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2011.00461.x
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The Meaning of Meaning in Sociology. The Achievements and Shortcomings of Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Sociology

Abstract: Phenomenological sociology was founded at the beginning of 1930s by Alfred Schutz. His mundane phenomenology sought to combine impulses drawn from Husserl's transcendental phenomenology and Weber's action theory. It was made famous at the turn of 1960s and 1970s by Garfinkel's ethnomethodology and Berger & Luckmann's social constructionism. This paper deals with the notable accomplishments of Schutz and his followers and then proceeds to a shared shortcoming, which is that the phenomenological approach is unab… Show more

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“…Here we find a substantial store of nondeclarative culture without the accompanying declarative knowledge about it; cultural know-how is not available for redescription as explicit verbal statements and which does not relate to the world of public culture via the usual referential relations. This is culture that persons know how to use, but which lacks reflective phenomenological transparency (Heiskala 2011); that is, persons are unable to report that they know how to use this culture (a fact that might be obvious to an outside observer). This type of non-verbalizable culture may come to acquire objective phenomenological validity as simply "the way that things are."…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here we find a substantial store of nondeclarative culture without the accompanying declarative knowledge about it; cultural know-how is not available for redescription as explicit verbal statements and which does not relate to the world of public culture via the usual referential relations. This is culture that persons know how to use, but which lacks reflective phenomenological transparency (Heiskala 2011); that is, persons are unable to report that they know how to use this culture (a fact that might be obvious to an outside observer). This type of non-verbalizable culture may come to acquire objective phenomenological validity as simply "the way that things are."…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second, we review recent advances in the study of "mirror neurons" providing a neurocognitive motivation for a rethinking of the fundamental basis of intersubjectivity (Bloch, 2015). We show that there is no need to assume a deliberate, language-mediated, conscious exchange based on reflective meanings as the primary route to intersubjective agreement as is typical in the social phenomenology tradition that has been influential in cultural sociology (Heiskala, 2011). These insights have both substantive and methodological implications.…”
Section: Three Case Studiesmentioning
confidence: 76%
“…1; Schutz & Luckmann, , Ch. 3, Part B; for overviews of Schutz's social phenomenology, see Dreher, ; Heiskala, , pp. 232ff).…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%