Alfred Schutz
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Drawing on Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology and Max Weber’s sociology, Schutz developed an account of meaning and action that addressed the actor’s knowledge, intersubjectivity, and the nature of sociological analysis.
Early Life
In 1899, Alfred Schutz was born to a middle-class family in Vienna, Austria. Before Schutz’s birth, his father died, and Schutz was raised by his mother and his stepfather, a bank executive.
Schutz graduated from high school during World War I. The Austro-Hungarian army was in short supply of...
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