The Pragmatic Theory of the Life-World as a Basis for Intercultural Comparisons

Šrubař, Ilja

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“…As opposed to Luckmann's concept, Srubar (1998) considers this matrix not as static; the constitutive mechanisms are rather seen as the generators of the dynamics, historicity and differentiation of the life-world. Srubar (2005) shows why and how the pragmatic life-world theory has more potential to facilitate adequate cultural comparisons, than have concepts that evolved in a specific scientific discourse (as, for instance, the dimensions used by Hofstede 1997).…”

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Phenomenological Life-World Analysis and Ethnomethodology’s Program

Eberle

2012

Hum Stud

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This paper discusses ethnomethodology's program in relation to the phenomenological life-world analysis of Alfred Schutz. A recent publication of Garfinkel's early writings sheds new light on how he made use of phenomenological reflections in order to create a new sociological approach. Garfinkel used Schutz's life-world analysis as a source of inspiration, called for 'misreading' in the sense of an alternate reading and developed a new, empirical approach to the analysis of social order which he called 'ethnomethodology'. Ethnomethodologists usually acknowledge the historical importance of Schutz but emphasize that Garfinkel succeeded to overcome the limitations of phenomenological analyses and moved beyond. This view has spread above all in the Anglosaxon countries. In German sociology, Schutz's life-world analysis still has a much stronger standing than ethnomethodology and is interpreted as a systematic whole. Following Luckmann, it is discussed as a protosociological foundation of the methodology of social sciences or, following Srubar, as a philosophical anthropology with two poles: a subjective and a social, pragmatic pole. Both versions claim to analyze the meaningful constitution of the social world, to serve as a foundation of sociological methodology and to provide guidelines for an 'adequate' sociology. While Garfinkel used phenomenological concepts for sociological analysis, Luckmann clearly distinguishes the two: you either do phenomenology (protosociology) or you do sociology (a theoretically guided, empirical sociology of knowledge). This paper describes the present-day debate in German sociology and compares ethnomethodology's program with these interpretations of Schutz's life-world analysis.

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Section: The Phenomenological Life-world Analysismentioning

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Phenomenological Life-World Analysis and Ethnomethodology’s Program

Eberle

2012

Hum Stud

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“…6 In this respect, it can be argued from a phenomenological perspective that empirical diversity is based on common constitutive mechanisms of consciousness. These acts of consciousness are characterized, according to Srubar ( 2005 ), by their “plasticity”. From this position, the phenomenological approach keeps arguments concerning the universal structure of the life-world and offers a connection to empirical findings (Srubar 2005 : 238).…”

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“…These acts of consciousness are characterized, according to Srubar ( 2005 ), by their “plasticity”. From this position, the phenomenological approach keeps arguments concerning the universal structure of the life-world and offers a connection to empirical findings (Srubar 2005 : 238). Accordingly, in Schutz’s work lies a formal structural description of the life-world which is universal in its reach, and this structure has a correlate in specific instances of the life-world.…”

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“…Accordingly, in Schutz’s work lies a formal structural description of the life-world which is universal in its reach, and this structure has a correlate in specific instances of the life-world. As far as the experience of strangeness and familiarity is concerned, a “gradation of unfamiliarity” (Srubar 2005 : 251) is, in Schutzian terms, a dimension of the structures of the life-world that, at the same time, constitutes a condition for the dynamics of social reality. However, it is not possible to anticipate the specific historical instantiation of this dimension, nor its principle of constructiveness, because that structure is not static.…”

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“…However, it is not possible to anticipate the specific historical instantiation of this dimension, nor its principle of constructiveness, because that structure is not static. Rather, it is a constituting mechanism that generates the “dynamics, historicity and differentiation of the life-world,” and is the means by which “we can grasp the stratification of the life-world” (Srubar 2005 : 250). The gradation of unfamiliarity understood as a universal trait of the human condition needs to be empirically explored regarding its contents in terms of social and cultural intersubjectivity.…”

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From its very beginning, sociological thought has been concerned with a topic central to our daily lives: social distance. Since inception, the concept of social distance has referred to the relationships of familiarity and strangeness between social groups, which is experienced in the social world in terms of “We” and “They”. This article covers the main tenets of a Schutzian phenomenological approach to the study of social distance and group relationships. Specific focus is placed on the different attitudes and valuations of the in-group towards the out-group considered as a stranger, the invisible excess of meaning that emerges in these types of social relationships and the conceptual construction of the Other that explains the phenomenon of discrimination.

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