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Meaning and Entwurf: Heidegger’s Traces in Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenology of Everyday Life

Author(s): Kolyo Koev
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН

Summary/Abstract: The discussion of the affinity between thinkers usually proceeds from the accomplished fact of their theoretical interchange: either under the form of authorized influence or in the guise of recognized reception. However the case under focus is different, which basically allows the relationship between Alfred Schutz and Martin Heidegger to escape researchers’ attention. In Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt as well as in his “American” works Schutz ardently tries to delimitate his own theory from Heidegger’s thinking. This happens even in points where he owes Heidegger more than is inclined to acknowledge, confining to the inevitable formal references and suggesting the impression of insurmountable critical distance. The present paper is an effort at a parallel “misreading” (Garfinkel) of both thinkers. It is focused on a visible track of Heidegger, which A. Schutz from the very beginning tries to transform into a wide avenue of his own thinking, leading far away from its originator. The questions outlining the trajectory of the article are: Which are Schutz’s reasons to take up Heidegger’s notion “Entwurf” instead of adopting the more unambiguous and seemingly better fitting his master plan concept “Projekt”? Is it not because despite all there remain vivid Heideggerian traces left in the heart of Schutz’s perspective? Where in the final analysis both visions converge and where do they dissociate? Trying to answer these questions the article repeatedly oscillates between Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt, Viennese manuscripts after issuance of the book and some American publications of Alfred Schutz.

  • Issue Year: 43/2011
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 77-94
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian