On Phenomenology and Social Relations: Selected Writings

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. vii, 327 pages; 21 cm. Fine; unread. Paperback. ISBN: 9780226741536

Contents: pt. 1. Phenomenological foundations. Phenomenological baseline. The life-world. pt. 2. The cognitive setting of the life-world. Social interpretation and individual orientation. Social means of orientation and interpretation. Selective attention: relevances and typification. pt. 3. Acting in the life-world. Acting and planning. Freedom, choice, and interest. pt. 4. The world of social relationships. Interactional relationships. Interpersonal communication. Indirect social relationships. Distribution of knowledge. pt. 5. Realms of experience. Transcendences and multiple realities. pt. 6. The province of sociology. Interpretive sociology. Sociological inquiries.