Alfred Schutz's Perspective in Phenomenology Approach: Concepts, Characteristics, Methods and Examples
R. Rasid, Hilman Djafar, B. Santoso
April 7, 2021 DOI: 10.51601/ijersc.v2i1.18 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractAlfred Schutz's phenomenology posits multiple realities, including social, fantasy, and dream realities. This research analyzes how Schutz's concepts, characteristics, and methods inform qualitative research methodology. The phenomenological approach, rooted in Husserl's call to "back to things themselves," aims to explain phenomena in their purity as they appear in human consciousness, whether fictional or real. The study describes the application of this approach in qualitative research.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Qualitative |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Philosophy |
| Key finding | Argues that Schutz's concept of multiple realities and the phenomenological approach, grounded in Husserl's principle of returning to phenomena as they appear in consciousness, provide a framework for qualitative research methodology. |
Abstract
Alfred Schutz with his phenomenology introduced the concept of multiple reality. For Schutz, the reality in this world is not only in the reality of social life, but also includes fantasy reality, dream reality, etc. Therefore, the aim of this research is to analyze and describe how the concepts, characteristics, methods and examples of the use of the phenomenological approach in Alfred Schutz's perspective qualitative research methodology. The results of the study explain that the phenomenological approach pioneered by Edmund Husserl has a watchword: zuruck zu den sachen selbst (back to things themselves) that a method for explain phenomena in their purity, where these phenomena are anything that in some way appears in human consciousness . Whether in the form of something as a result of fiction or in the form of something real.