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  1. A certain complication arises here as Schutz’s life-world analysis not only comprised a subjective, phenomenological pole but also a pragmatic, action-related pole. I have recently depicted this point elsewhere (Eberle 2012a, 2012b).

  2. But not the social construction of documentary reality as Smith (1974) suggested.

  3. For a more theoretical phenomenological account of the constitution of the Other see Nasu (2005).

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Eberle, T.S. Phenomenological Sociology Reconsidered. Hum Stud 36, 121–132 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-013-9261-5

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