Phenomenological Sociology Experience and Insight in Modern Society [Hardcover]

This innovative and thought-provoking book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century. The social character of phenomenology is explored in its relation to the concern in twentieth century sociology with questions of modern experience. Phenomenology and sociology come together as 'ethnographies of the present'. As such, they break free of the self-imposed limitations of each to establish a new, critical understanding of contemporary life. By reading phenomenology sociologically and sociology phenomenologically, this book reconstructs a phenomenological sociology of modern experience.This innovative and thought-provoking book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century. The social character of phenomenology is explored in its relation to the concern in twentieth century sociology with questions of modern experience. Phenomenology and sociology come together as 'ethnographies of the present'. As such, they break free of the self-imposed limitations of each to establish a new, critical understanding of contemporary life. By reading phenomenology sociologically and sociology phenomenologically, this book reconstructs a phenomenological sociology of modern experience. This may very well be the most thorough and authoritative analysis of phenomenological sociology ever achieved. The book's conclusion is both strong and surprising. PART ONE: EXPLICATION
Astonishment
The Birth and Rebirth of the Phenomenal
Insight
Edmund Husserl's Clarification of Experience
Variation
Method and Theme in the Development of Phenomenology
Dialogue
Phenomenology in Social Theory
PART TWO: IMPLICATION
Experience
Historical Sociology of the Natural Attitude
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