Schutzian Phenomenology and Hermeneutic Traditions links Alfred Schutz to the larger hermeneutic tradition in Continental thought, illuminating the deep affinity between Schutzian phenomenology and hermeneutics. The essays collected here explore a broad spectrum of Schutzian themes and concerns, from Schutzs concrete affinities to hermeneutic traditions, his interpretationism and the pragmatist nature of Schutzs thought, to questions concerning the role of the media and music in our understanding of the life-world and intersubjectivity. The essays go on to explore the practical applicability of Schutzs thoughts on questions regarding economics, literature, ethics and the limits of human understanding. Given its emphasis on the application of Schutzian ideas and concepts, this book willbe of special interest to a wide range of readers in the social sciences and humanities, who are interested in the application of phenomenology to social, political, and cultural phenomena.

INTRODUCTORYESSAY.- Reflections on the Relationship of Social Phenomenology andHermeneutics in Alfred Schutz:  An Introduction, M. STAUDIGL.- I.SCHUTZIAN PHENOMENOLOGY AND HERMENEUTIC TRADITIONS.- The Lifeworld Analysis of Alfred Schutz and the Methodology of theSocial Sciences, T. EBERLE.- Understanding Sociologies and Tradition(s)of Hermeneutics, M. ENDRESS.-  Alfred Schutz and a HermeneuticalSociology of Knowledge, H. NASU.-  The Interpretationism of AlfredSchutz or How Woodcutting can have Referential and Non-Referential Meaning, L. EMBREE.- II.THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL REASSESSMENTS.-  Pragmatic theory of the life-worldand hermeneutics of the social sciences, I. SRUBAR.-  Media Structures of the Life-World, R. AYASS.- TheMusical Foundations of Alfred Schutz Hermeneutics of the Social World,A. G. STASCHEIT.- III.EXPLORATIONS OF THE PRACTICAL WORLD.-  Scientific Practice andthe World of Working: Beyond Schutzs Wirkwelt, D. BISCHUR.-  Hermeneuticsof Transcendence:  Understanding and Communication at the Limits ofExperience, A. HILT.-   Alfred SchutzsPractical-Hermeneutical Approach to Law and Normativity,I. COPOERU.-  Everyday Morality. Questions with and for Alfred Schutz, B. WALDENFELS .- IV. INVESTIGATIONS INTO MULTIPLE REALITIES.- Goffman andSchutz on multiple realities, G. PSATHAS.- Literatureand the Limits of Pragmatism:  Alfred Schutzs Goethe Manuscripts,M. D. BARBER.- Life-World Analysis andLiterary Interpretation. On the Reconstruction of Symbolic Reality Spheres, J. DREHER.- Image Worlds. Aesthetic Experience and the Problem of Hermeneutics in the SocialSciences, D.TÄNZLER.