Customer Reviews Rating: - Excellent Resource
I believe this book is a must read for anyone interested in the field of phenomenological research.
Rating: - Outstanding Resource
Clear - Concise - Classic! This book is required reading for anyone doing phenomenological research in psychology and the other social sciences. Moustakas is a master.
Rating: - Beyond theory to practice
As I began my dissertation Moustakas book helped me traverse the often confusing waters of phenomenology. I had read bits and pieces about the topic, but he does a masterful job unpacking the philosophy, juxtaposing it to the practice, and pulling it all back together into a coherent picture. Further, he has several good chapters on the practice which one could use to do a P study (I am no longer moving in that direction but it will certainly inform my methods section). So, I write as one who has had the lived experience of reading Moustakas' book and my phenomenology will never be the same ; )