Phenomenology of the Social World

Alfred Schütz (13 April 1899, Vienna - 20 May 1959, New York City) was an Austrian social scientist, whose work bridged sociological and phenomenological traditions to form a social phenomenology.

This is one of the most important works ever written in the area of theoretical foundations of the social sciences." —New Scholasticism"To be invited to review [Schutz's] key work is intimidating for the reviewer, since this is one of the rare classics in the philosophy of the social sciences." —Sociological Review