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Lifeworld: In Max Weber's sociology, the lifeworld (Lebenswelt) is the everyday world of meaning and experience that is taken for granted by members of a society. See also Community, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alfred Schütz on Lifeworld - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas IV 198 Environment/Schütz/Habermas: Schütz has an ambivalent approach to the concept of the lifeworld a) on the one hand he pushes it aside under the influence of American pragmatism, especially Meads, and b) on the other hand he does not turn to a communication-theoretical approach, but stands by Husserl's intuitive method (...) and sees his own company in this context as a regional ontology of society. ((s) See also in another context: anti-individualism, externalism, internalism). Lifeworld/Schütz/Luckmann: three moments; a) naive familiarity with a background given without problems (see Background/Habermas), b) validity of an intersubjectively divided world, c) a total and indefinite, porous and limiting character of this life-world. (1) IV 201 Situations/Husserl/Schütz: change, but the limits of life cannot be transcended. The lifeworld forms the environment in which situation horizons shift, expand or narrow. It forms a context which, itself unlimited, draws limits. 1. A Schütz, Th. Luckmann, Strukturen der Lebenswelt, Frankfurt 1979, p. 25. 2. Ibid. p. 31._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schütz I Alfred Schütz Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt Wien 1932 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |