Life world
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Life-world
"life-world" ( or "Lebenswelt", in German) is a concept in phenomenology, that talks of the world as immediately experienced in the everyday. It refers to the subjective experience of individuals of the world. According to this concept, we see a field of experience from which we select our objects rather than "see"ing objects objectively(Campbell, 1981, pp.199). It is also described as the region of reality in which man can engage himself and which he can change while he operates in it, while, at the same time, modifying his actions. Life-world though refers to the subjective experience of individuals, is also very much seen as inter-subjective (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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