1st Edition

Experiencing Multiple Realities Alfred Schutz�s Sociology of the Finite Provinces of Meaning

By Marius Ion Benţa Copyright 2018
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a theoretical investigation into the general problem of reality as a multiplicity of ‘finite provinces of meaning’, as developed in the work of Alfred Schutz. A critical introduction to Schutz’s sociology of multiple realities as well as a sympathetic re-reading and reconstruction of his project, Experiencing Multiple Realities traces the genesis and implications of this... Read more

Preface



Acknowledgements



List of abbreviations



Introduction: realities just ‘real enough’



1. Theory and story: in-between encounters



2. Schutz’s methodological journey



3. The Schutzian FPM model



4. Revisiting the Provinces



5. The life of the provinces



6. Methods of experience



7. Experience as discourse



8. Ancient FPM portals: painted screens



Conclusion



Index

Biography

Marius I. Benţa is Associate Lecturer in the Journalism Department of Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania.