Life world
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life-world
"life-world" ( or "Lebenswelt", in German) is a concept in phenomenology, that refers to the 'taken-for-grantedness' in the everyday. It is the common basis for inter-subjectivity (Campbell, 1981). It is seen almost as a realm of reality in which one engages but also that which one can change while operating in it. Yet it can also limit an individual's free possibilities of action. Thus, in its totality life-world is both the arena as well as that what sets the limits, of my and our reciprocal action. (Schutz & Luckmann, 1974, pp.3-6)
References
- Brittanica Encyclopedia (online) "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/340330/life-world" (visited on 3/10/2011)
- Campbell, T. (1981). Seven theories of human society. Oxford University Press: Oxford
- Schutz, Alfred & Luckmann, Thomas. (1974). The Structures of the Life-world". Translated by Zaner, Richard.M., Engelhardt, H.Tristram.Jr. Northwestern University Press. London.
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