The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz eBook

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An in-depth biography of the philosopher who brought phenomenology to the social sciences. 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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The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz is written by Michael D. Barber and published by Suny Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Participating Citizen are 9780791484784, 0791484785 and the print ISBNs are 9780791461419, 0791461416. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780791461426.