European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie: Volume 13 -

The Problem of Adequacy Reflections on Alfred Schutz's Contribution to the Methodology of the Social Sciences
Anton C. Zijderveld
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

28 July 2009, pp. 176-190
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The theories of the Austrian-American philosopher and social scientist Alfred Schutz have been summarized and introduced sufficiently by various of his students. The purpose of the present paper is not to provide the reader with yet another comprehensive summary of his phenomenology and social theories but will try to formulate what Schutz has contributed to one of the most crucial issues in the methodology of the social sciences, namely the problem of an adequate social theory. Without underestimating the many fruitful insights of his phenomenological philosophy and the contributions he made to social theory in general, it was in the field of methodology that, according to this author's opinion, Schutz contributed most to the social sciences.

European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie