Phenomenological Sociology

Download or read book Phenomenological Sociology written by Harvie Ferguson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative and thought-provoking book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century. The social character of phenomenology is explored in its relation to the concern in twentieth century sociology with questions of modern experience. Phenomenology and sociology come together as 'ethnographies of the present'. As such, they break free of the self-imposed limitations of each to establish a new, critical understanding of contemporary life. By reading phenomenology sociologically and sociology phenomenologically, this book reconstructs a phenomenological sociology of modern experience.