Soziologie - Journal of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie

List of contents

I. Sociology after the Second World War.- 1. 25 Years of German Sociology after World War II: Institutionalization and Theory.- 2. Social Research in the GDR.- 3. On the Development of Empirical Social Research in the Federal Republic of Germany.- II. Perceptible Traditions.- 1. Karl Marx.- 2. Nestor of German Sociology: Ferdinand Tönnies.- 3. Georg Simmel.- 4. Max Weber: The Living Classic.- 5. The "Frankfurt School" - Critical Theory of Society.- III. New Paradigmata and Disputes. Contributions to the International Debate.- 1.Theory of Communicative Action, Discourse Ethics and Political Practice. Notes on Recent Developments in Habermas.- 2. Niklas Luhmann - an Outline of the Theory of Autopoietic Social Systems.- 3. Norbert Elias and the Theory of Civilization.- 4. Explanatory Sociology.- 5. The Debate on the "Individualization Theory" in Today's Sociology in Germany.- 6. Changes in Perspective: Feminist Research in the Social Sciences.- IV. Aspects of Institutionalization.- 1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie.- 2. Sociology in Bielefeld.- 3. Sociology in East German Universities: Decomposition and Reconstruction.- 4. GESIS - German Society for Social Science Infrastructure.- 5. Institutional Success and Professional Insecurities on the Continent of the Founders of Sociology.- 6. Studying Sociology in Postwar Germany. A Historical Synopsis.- Biographical Notes of the Contributors.

About the author

Dr. Bernhard Schäfers ist Professor für Soziologie und Leiter des Instituts für Soziologie, Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Karlsruhe

Product details

• Assisted by: Bernhar Schäfers (Editor), Bernhard Schäfers (Editor)
• Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Languages: German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9783322957573
• ISBN: 978-3-32-295757-3
• No. of pages: 301
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 16 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: IV, 301 S.
• Series: Uni-Taschenbücher; Uni-Taschenbücher
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Soziologie, Nation, Kritische Theorie, B, Sociology, Empirische Sozialforschung, Society, Luhmann, Max Weber, Marx, Simmel, Niklas Luhmann, Social Sciences, Social Sciences, general