Alfred Schutz
Developed phenomenological sociology, focusing on the subjective meanings and interpretations that individuals bring to social life.
Quotes by Alfred Schutz
Life is a continuous flow of experiences.
Typifications are the shortcuts of social knowledge.
The horizon of the social world is always open.
We grow older together in the social world.
The body is the pivot of the social world.
Knowledge is a system of constructs of its constructions.
The man on the street does not know what he knows.
Social interaction is a dance of perspectives.
The future is anticipated in the present project.
In solitude, the social world persists in memory.
The stock of knowledge at hand is the basis of action.
Reality is bracketed in the scientific attitude.
We are all strangers in some sense.
The rhythm of social life is temporal.
Meaning is conferred by the actor.
The life-world is pre-scientific.
Every action is a response to a situation.
The social world is intersubjectively constituted.
In the end, we return to the natural attitude.
The quest for meaning is the essence of human existence.