Key facts
- Born
- ( 1899-04-13 ) April 13, 1899, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- May 20, 1959 (1959-05-20) (aged 60), New York City , U.S.
- Spouse
- Ilse Heim ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1926 )
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Doctoral advisor
- Hans Kelsen
- Influences
- Henri Bergson Edmund Husserl William James Ludwig von Mises Max Weber
- Discipline
- Philosophy sociology
- School or tradition
- Phenomenology
- Institutions
- The New School
- Doctoral students
- Maurice Natanson
- Notable ideas
- Social phenomenology
- Influenced
- Peter L. Berger Harold Garfinkel Thomas Luckmann Dan Zahavi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Family name
- Schütz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- The New School
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Hans Kelsen
- Student of
- Max Weber
- Field of work
- phenomenology
- Image
- Schtz1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1899-04-13
- date of death
- 1959-05-20
- name in native language
- Alfred Schütz
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Schutz (/ʃʊts/; born Alfred Schütz, German: [ʃʏts]; 1899–1959) was an Austrian philosopher and social phenomenologist whose work bridged sociological and phenomenological traditions. Schutz is gradually being recognized as one of the 20th century's leading philosophers of social science. He related Edmund Husserl's work to the social sciences, using it to develop the philosophical foundations of Max Weber's sociology, in his major work Phenomenology of the Social World. However, much of his influence arose from the publication of his Collected Papers in the 1960s.
Biography
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