Editing Alfred Schütz (section)

=== Education and later life ===
In 1918, Schutz enrolled at the [[University of Vienna]], where he earned his law degree.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Participating Citizen: A Biography of Alfred Schutz|last=Barber|first=Michael}}</ref> He also enrolled at the Viennese Academy of International Trade from 1919 to 1920, specialising in international law. During his time at the University of Vienna, attending lectures given by [[Max Weber]], Schutz came to the conclusion that Weber had left the problem of ''meaning'' unexplicated.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Allan|first=Kenneth|title=Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory|pages=314}}</ref> As noted by [[Helmut Wagner (sociologist)|Helmut Wagner]] (1983), Schutz's fascination with this problem was a result of his experience in combat, combined with returning to starving and economically decimated Vienna.<ref>{{cite book|title=Alfred Schutz: An Intellectual Biography|date=1983|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|page=6|last1=Wagner|first1=Helmut R.}}</ref>

Schutz married Ilse Heim in 1926. Partly because there were few academic posts available, he developed a well-established and prominent career in international banking, He became the chief financial officer for Reitler and Company, the Vienna banking firm. His academic work was done in his spare time. He was once described by [[Edmund Husserl]] as "a banker by day and a philosopher by night."<ref name=":0" /> In 1933, the threat of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s rise in Germany caused Schutz and other Viennese intellectuals to flee Austria and seek asylum in allied countries.  Schutz and his family relocated to Paris in 1938 in political exile. He continued to work for Reitler and Company as an international lawyer. He moved to the United States in 1939, where he became a part-time faculty member of [[The New School for Social Research|The New School]]. There, he taught sociology and philosophy, as well as serving as chair of the Philosophy department. Schutz received a substantial amount of assistance from his wife, Ilse, who transcribed his working notes and letters from his taped dictations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Allan|first=Kenneth|title=Explorations in classical sociological theory : seeing the social world|year=2005|publisher=Pine Forge Press|location=Thousand Oaks|isbn=9781412905725|page=[https://archive.org/details/explorationsincl00alla/page/314 314]|url=https://archive.org/details/explorationsincl00alla/page/314}}</ref>

Schutz died on 20 May 1959 in [[New York City]] at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite book|last=Allan|first=Kenneth|title=Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory|year=2010|publisher=Pine Forge Press|pages=314}}</ref> Four volumes of Collected Papers were published posthumously, along with the draft of a second book he had been working on prior to his death.<ref>''Collected Papers I: The Problem of Social Reality'', edited by M. A. Natanson and H. L. van Breda. Dordrecht: [[Martinus Nijhoff Publishers]].

''Collected Papers II''. ''Studies in Social Theory'', edited by A. Brodersen. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

''Collected Papers III. Studies in Phenomenological Philosophy'', edited by I. Schutz and [[Aron Gurwitsch|A. Gurwitsch]]. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

''Collected Papers IV'', edited by H. Wagner, G. Psathas, and F. Kersten. Dordrecht: [[Kluwer Academic Publishers]].

''The Structures of the Life-World'' [''Strukturen der Lebenswelt''], with [[Thomas Luckmann]], translated by R. M. Zaner and [[H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.|H. T. Engelhardt]], Jr. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.</ref>