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Phenomenology and Social Constructionism: Constructs for Political Identity

Phenomenology and Social Constructionism: Constructs for Political Identity © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/004726609X12482630041807 Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 127–139 brill.nl/jpp pheno menol ogical p s y c h ology jour nal of © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 Phenomenology and Social Constructionism: Constructs for Political Identity Lester Embree Florida Atlantic University Abstract Th is essay explores the roots of social constructionism in the work of Alfred Schutz, the teacher of Peter Berger and Th omas Luckmann and, beyond Schutz, Edmund Husserl. It is described how pregiven things are logically formed and then ideal types or constructs with content are also constituted about them. Schutz begins in the egological perspective but goes beyond that to the intersubjective perspective to show how the world of everyday life has constructs received from predecessors as well as contemporaries and shared by in-groups. Common-sense constructs are constituted like cultural-scientifi c ones. Motivation in everyday life and the role of the ordinary vernacular in their transmission is shown. An analysis then focuses on how constructs have recently been received and/or reinforced by political election polling in the latest USA presidential election. Th ese constructs involve results in percentages that can be understood qualitatively for Democrats and Republicans divided http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Phenomenology and Social Constructionism: Constructs for Political Identity

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 40 (2): 127 – Jan 1, 2009

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Brill
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0047-2662
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1569-1624
DOI
10.1163/004726609X12482630041807
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/004726609X12482630041807 Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 127–139 brill.nl/jpp pheno menol ogical p s y c h ology jour nal of © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 Phenomenology and Social Constructionism: Constructs for Political Identity Lester Embree Florida Atlantic University Abstract Th is essay explores the roots of social constructionism in the work of Alfred Schutz, the teacher of Peter Berger and Th omas Luckmann and, beyond Schutz, Edmund Husserl. It is described how pregiven things are logically formed and then ideal types or constructs with content are also constituted about them. Schutz begins in the egological perspective but goes beyond that to the intersubjective perspective to show how the world of everyday life has constructs received from predecessors as well as contemporaries and shared by in-groups. Common-sense constructs are constituted like cultural-scientifi c ones. Motivation in everyday life and the role of the ordinary vernacular in their transmission is shown. An analysis then focuses on how constructs have recently been received and/or reinforced by political election polling in the latest USA presidential election. Th ese constructs involve results in percentages that can be understood qualitatively for Democrats and Republicans divided

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Journal of Phenomenological PsychologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: SCHUTZ; CONSTRUCTIONISM; POLITICAL IDENTITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; HUSSERL

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