Alfred Schutz’s Life-World and Intersubjectivity

Focusing , Intersubjectivity , and “ Therapeutic Intersubjectivity ”

Alfred Tarski . Life and Logic Reviewed by Hourya Benis Sinaceur

Alfred Tarski (1901–1983) is one of the two greatest logicians of the twentieth century, the other being Kurt Gödel (1906–1978). Each began his career in Europe, respectively in Warsaw and Vienna, and came to America shortly before the Second World War. In contrast to the otherworldly Gödel, Tarski was ambitious and practical. He strove for, and succeeded at, building a school of logic at the U...

Intersubjectivity in schizophrenia: life story analysis of three cases

The processes involved in schizophrenia are approached from a viewpoint of understanding, revealing those social elements susceptible to integration for psychotherapeutic purposes, as a complement to the predominant medical-psychiatric focus. Firstly, the paper describes the patients' disturbances of self-experience and body alienations manifested in acute phases of schizophrenia. Secondly, the...

The Life-World and Its Multiple Realities: Alfred Schütz’s Contribution to the Understanding of the Experience of Illness

Alfred Schütz original contribution to the social sciences refers to his analysis of the structure of the “life-world”. This article aims to invigorate interest in the work of this author, little known in the field of health psychology. Key concepts of Schütz’ approach will be presented in relation to their potential interest to the understanding of the experience of illness. In particular, we ...

Vygotsky and intersubjectivity

Lev Vygotsky’s statement on the development of the higher psychological functions— from the interpsychological form to the intrapsychological form—is discussed in the article. I describe the changing of Vygotsky’s interest from nonverbal to verbal communication and his emphasis on verbal communication as an only kind of interpsychological function. I then analyze works that show the importance ...