Phenomenological sociology : insight and experience in modern society

Author(s)

• Ferguson, Harvie

Bibliographic Information

Phenomenological sociology : insight and experience in modern society

Harvie Ferguson

（Theory, culture and society）

Sage, 2006

• : pbk
• : hbk

Other Title

Phenomenological sociology : experience and insight in modern society

Note

Title on cover, hbk: Phenomenological sociology : insight & experience in modern society

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contemporary society constitutes a different form of modernity and Ferguson's innovative and thoughtful analysis calling for a return to phenomenology demonstrates that a relatively neglected perspective within contemporary sociological thought continues to provide significant insights into modern experiences' - Barry Smart, Portsmouth University This may very well be the most thorough and authoritative analysis of phenomenological sociology ever achieved." - W.P. Nye , Hollins University What is phenomenological sociology? Why is it significant? 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. Erudite and assured, this book opens up a series of new questions for contemporary social theory that theorists and students of theory can ill-afford to ignore. The text contains a treasure trove of insights and propositions that will stimulate debate and research in both sociology and philosophy.

Table of Contents

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 Equivocation Modern Trinitarian Conundrams Society Sociological Reductions Indifference Towards Contemporary Inexperience Conclusion Phenomenological Sociology

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Details

• NCID: BA76879857
• ISBN:
  • 0761959874
  • 0761959866
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 235 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10904942