HUSSERL’S LEGACY AND THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

This article foregrounds the relevant legacy of Husserl’s philosophy in rela- tion to the phenomenological approach of the social sciences. In particular, we focus on two topics: Firstly, the sociological phenomenology related to Alfred Schütz. His work, revolving around the construction of social realities, owes many intuitions to Husserl: from the analysis of everyday life to the problem of intersubjectivity, from epoché to the importance of typifications for consciousness. The second topic is the construction of the sense of reality outlined by the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset, who developed his theoretical formulation on the basis of Husserl’s ideas of eidos and person. Finally, Ortega’s conception allows the phenomenological social sciences to develop a narrative turning point.