Speier1967
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Speier1967 |
| Author(s) | Matthew Speier |
| Title | Phenomenology and Social Theory: Discovering Actors and Social Acts |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Phenomenology, Social Theory, Action |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Journal | Berkeley Journal of Sociology |
| Volume | 12 |
| Number | 193-211 |
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Abstract
What follows is not intended to be 1) an essay in or on the subject of phenomenology, 2) an account of the phenomenological movement in philosophy, or 3) a general review of or search for phenomenological tendencies in the history of sociological ideas. The first two are more properly the tasks of a philosopher and the third that of the philosopher or historian of science. My purpose here is narrower: to evaluate the usefulness of some phenomenological contributions to the scientific study of human group life. I must emphasize that this argument is not to be construed in any way as an attempt to forge a "phenomenological sociology." I am simply concerned with increasing the power of sociological analysis in coming to grips with the real social world. Such power must be realized through empirical research out of which theories of human group life can be generated and by which adequate descriptions and explanations of social processes and social structures can be discovered.
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