SOCIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Harold Garfinkel, Thomas Luckmann, Ethnomethodology
8 Feb 2017
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Studied philosophy but also trained in sociology: (usserl"s student alfred schutz. Phenomenology: examines the reality of everyday life & how individuals make sense of. Phenomenology & ethnomethodology their everyday experiences: examines how people focus on & give attention to particular phenomena in the world around them. Historical overview of phenomenology: roots in 20th century philosophy, emerged in the early 20th century with the work of the german philosopher edmund. Was developing ideas closely associated with the issues of consciousness. Saw consciousness as being intentionally directed towards objects in an. Tried to play out the sociological implications of phenomena. Did this through the publication of the phenomenology of the social. Interested in how everyday life, people make sense of social reality & act on this reality: within sociology, the ideas of schutz were popularized & carried on by peter berger. Published the book the social construction of reality (1966) Comparison to other perspectives: comparison to weber.
