Theory of the Life-World and Contemporary Social Theory. - The Problem of Subjectivity in Schutz and Parsons. - Reflexivity Reality and Relationality. The Inadequacy of Bourdieu's Critique of the Phenomenological Tradition in Sociology. - Introduction: Alfred Schutz and Contemporary Social Theory and Social Research. - On Methodology and Theory of Social Science. - The Appeal of Alfred Schutz in Disciplines beyond Philosophy e. g. Jurisprudence. - The Naturality of Alfred Schutz's Natural Attitude of the Life-World. - Between the Everyday Life-World and the World of Social Scientific TheoryTowards an Adequate Social Thory. - The Ideal Type in Weber and Schutz. - The Political and Socio-Cultural Dimension of the Life-World. - If only to be heard: Value-Freedom and Ethics in Alfred Schutz's Economic and Political Writings. - In Search of a Political Sphere in Alfred Schutz. - The Pragmatic Theory of the Life-World as a Basis for Intercultural Comparisons. - Schutz on Transcendence and the Variety of Life-World Experience. Language: English