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(1998) Human Studies 21 (2).

Phenomenological analysis and its contemporary significance

Ilja Srubar

pp. 121-139

Can a phenomenologically-founded sociology contribute to the understanding of social change? By reference to the structure of the lifeworld as it has been analyzed by Husserl and Schutz, I argue that human action is formed by temporal, spatial, and social dimensions. These are objectified by a social semantics through which they gain their intersubjective cultural shape. From this perspective, I investigate changes in the temporal, spatial, and social dimensions of this semantics, as they occur in the present transformation of post-socialist societies. Finally, I consider whether these changes mark a return to Western patterns and whether they confirm the thesis of "the end of history."

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1005355921478

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Srubar, I. (1998). Phenomenological analysis and its contemporary significance. Human Studies 21 (2), pp. 121-139.

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