Phenomenological and Sociological Origins of Ethnomethodology
EMCA Seminar (Summer, 2013)
Shiro Kashimura
Shiro Kashimura
The EMCA Seminar of 2013’s Summer considers the effects of phenomenology and sociology in the early 20th century of the US on Harold Garfinkel’s thought that eventually led to ethnomethodology by 1950s. Especially the seminar focuses on Florian Znaniecki’s move toward sociology and Husserl’s criticism of reason, as developed by Aron Gurwitsch & Alfred Schütz, with the aim of clarifying the operation of major intellectual forces of the time that moulded the epistemological tenet of ethnomethodology as a new way of studying society.
The seminar begins at Znaniecki’s sociological thought that presumably conveyed the European sociological/philosophical thinking to the US and its impacts on American sociology of the time. It is followed by the works in American development/transmission of phenomenology by such European/Exile thinkers as Schütz, Gurwitsch, Farber, and Kaufman from the early years up to the middle of 20th century. The seminar concludes with reading a chapter from Garfinkel’s Seeing Sociologically (1948) and a chapter from Liberman's recent book, Husserl's Criticism of Reason (2007).
The class meets on Tuesdays (10:40am - 12:10pm) according to the schedule that follows at Room 102 of the Law Faculty's Building II, Rokkodai, Kobe University. (The Building is no. 4 on this Map of Kobe University)
On chronological list of publications in the formative era (1934 - 1967) of ethnomethodology and phenomenology in America, visit the link.
For this course's reading materials visit here (restricted to students).
THE READING MATERIALS (updated, 2013/05/28)
The seminar begins at Znaniecki’s sociological thought that presumably conveyed the European sociological/philosophical thinking to the US and its impacts on American sociology of the time. It is followed by the works in American development/transmission of phenomenology by such European/Exile thinkers as Schütz, Gurwitsch, Farber, and Kaufman from the early years up to the middle of 20th century. The seminar concludes with reading a chapter from Garfinkel’s Seeing Sociologically (1948) and a chapter from Liberman's recent book, Husserl's Criticism of Reason (2007).
The class meets on Tuesdays (10:40am - 12:10pm) according to the schedule that follows at Room 102 of the Law Faculty's Building II, Rokkodai, Kobe University. (The Building is no. 4 on this Map of Kobe University)
On chronological list of publications in the formative era (1934 - 1967) of ethnomethodology and phenomenology in America, visit the link.
For this course's reading materials visit here (restricted to students).
THE READING MATERIALS (updated, 2013/05/28)
Dates/Themes of the meeting of the class:
4/ 9 [1] Znanieck,Florian, The Practical Organization of Reality . Cultural Reality (University of Chicago Press, 1919): 145-229.
4/16 [2] Znanieck,Florian, Methodological Note for The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1919/1927) . Reprinted in Robert Bierstedt (ed.) Florian Znanieck on Humanistic Sociology (1969): 53 – 124.
4/23 [3] Znaniecki, Florian, The Origins of Social Actions, Social Actions (1936): 35-64.
4/30 [4] Znaniecki, Florian, The Composition and Structure of Social Actions, Social Actions (1936): 65-110.
5/ 7 [5] Gurwitsch, Aron, Non-egological Conception of Consciousness (1940), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 287-300.
5/14 [6] Schütz, Alfred., William James’s Concept of the Stream of Thought Phenomenologically Interpreted (1941), Collected Papers III: Studies in Phenomenological Philosophy (Martinus Nijhoff,The Hague, reprint 1975): 1-14.
5/21 [7] Gurwitsch, Aron, On the Intentionality of Consciousness (1941), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 124-140.
5/28 [8] Gurwitsch, Aron William James’s Theory of the “Transitive Parts” of the Stream of Consciousness (1943), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 301-331.
6/ 4 [9] Farber,Marvin, The Analysis of Wholes and Parts, The Foundation of Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl and the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy (1943): 283 -312.
6/11 [10] Schütz, A. & Gurwitsch,A. The Strange and the Stranger (Correspondence Nov. 8 1941 - Jul. 16,1944), R. Grathoff (ed.) Philosophers in Exile: The Correspondence of Alfred Schütz and Aron Gurwitsch, 1939-1959. (1989): 42-72.
6/18 [11] Kaufman, Felix, The Basic Rules for Scientific Procedure (Chapter IV), Goals of Science and Preference Rules (Chapter V), Behaviorism and Introspectionism (Chapter XI), Social Facts and Their Interpretation (Chapter XII), Physical Laws and Social Laws (Chapter XIII), Methodology of the Social Sciences (Originally published in 1944, The Humanities Press, 1958): 48-76, 148-181.
6/25 [12] Garfinkel, Harold, Identity and Identity Transformation, Seeing Sociologically (1948): 151-179, Research Note on Inter- and Intra-Racial Homicides, Social Forces, Vol. 27, No. 4 (May, 1949), pp. 369-381.
7/ 2 [13] Liberman, Kenneth, Husserl’s “Criticism of Reason”, Husserl’s Criticism of Reason (2007): 3 – 28.
4/ 9 [1] Znanieck,Florian, The Practical Organization of Reality . Cultural Reality (University of Chicago Press, 1919): 145-229.
4/16 [2] Znanieck,Florian, Methodological Note for The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (1919/1927) . Reprinted in Robert Bierstedt (ed.) Florian Znanieck on Humanistic Sociology (1969): 53 – 124.
4/23 [3] Znaniecki, Florian, The Origins of Social Actions, Social Actions (1936): 35-64.
4/30 [4] Znaniecki, Florian, The Composition and Structure of Social Actions, Social Actions (1936): 65-110.
5/ 7 [5] Gurwitsch, Aron, Non-egological Conception of Consciousness (1940), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 287-300.
5/14 [6] Schütz, Alfred., William James’s Concept of the Stream of Thought Phenomenologically Interpreted (1941), Collected Papers III: Studies in Phenomenological Philosophy (Martinus Nijhoff,The Hague, reprint 1975): 1-14.
5/21 [7] Gurwitsch, Aron, On the Intentionality of Consciousness (1941), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 124-140.
5/28 [8] Gurwitsch, Aron William James’s Theory of the “Transitive Parts” of the Stream of Consciousness (1943), Studies in Phenomenology and Psychology (Northwestern University Press, 1966): 301-331.
6/ 4 [9] Farber,Marvin, The Analysis of Wholes and Parts, The Foundation of Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl and the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy (1943): 283 -312.
6/11 [10] Schütz, A. & Gurwitsch,A. The Strange and the Stranger (Correspondence Nov. 8 1941 - Jul. 16,1944), R. Grathoff (ed.) Philosophers in Exile: The Correspondence of Alfred Schütz and Aron Gurwitsch, 1939-1959. (1989): 42-72.
6/18 [11] Kaufman, Felix, The Basic Rules for Scientific Procedure (Chapter IV), Goals of Science and Preference Rules (Chapter V), Behaviorism and Introspectionism (Chapter XI), Social Facts and Their Interpretation (Chapter XII), Physical Laws and Social Laws (Chapter XIII), Methodology of the Social Sciences (Originally published in 1944, The Humanities Press, 1958): 48-76, 148-181.
6/25 [12] Garfinkel, Harold, Identity and Identity Transformation, Seeing Sociologically (1948): 151-179, Research Note on Inter- and Intra-Racial Homicides, Social Forces, Vol. 27, No. 4 (May, 1949), pp. 369-381.
7/ 2 [13] Liberman, Kenneth, Husserl’s “Criticism of Reason”, Husserl’s Criticism of Reason (2007): 3 – 28.
Some questions for discussion
links & subpages
Notes on Florian Znaniecki (English & Japanese)
Notes on Phenomenology (English & Japanese) Development of Ethnomethodology (English & Japanese) Pages for Karl Mannheim (by James D. Unnever) Husserl Page:
- Chronology of Writings - Ideen Gibson 訳 / German - Vienna Lecture: Philosophy and The Crisis of European Man (10 May 1935) - The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology (1954) publ. Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1970. Sections 22 - 25 and .57-68 Franz Brentano Page (@ Prinston University)
Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1660)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Outlines of the Doctrinal Knowledge (1810)
George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710)
William James The Principles of Psychology (1890)
The Classics in the History of Psychology at York University) The Alfred Schutz Archive @ Waseda University
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