Soziologie: Journal of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie

Front Matter....Pages 1-9
25 Years of German Sociology after World War II: Institutionalization and Theory....Pages 11-32
Sociological Research in the GDR (DDR)....Pages 33-51
On the Development of Empirical Social Research in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 52-80
Karl Marx....Pages 81-94
Nestor of German Sociology: Ferdinand Tönnies....Pages 95-102
Georg Simmel....Pages 103-113
Max Weber: The living classic....Pages 114-126
The “Frankfurt School” — Critical Theory of Society....Pages 127-134
Theory of Communicative Action, Discourse Ethics and Political Practice....Pages 135-148
Niklas Luhmann — an outline of the theory of autopoietic social systems....Pages 149-163
Norbert Elias and the Theory of Civilisation....Pages 164-176
Explanatory Sociology....Pages 177-190
The Debate on the “Individualization Theory” in Today’s Sociology in Germany....Pages 191-200
Changes in Perspective: Feminist Research in the Social Sciences....Pages 201-215
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) — the academic association of sociologists in Germany since 1910....Pages 216-231
Sociology in Bielefeld....Pages 232-239
Sociology in East German Universities: Decomposition and Reconstruction....Pages 240-251
GESIS — German Society for Social Science Infrastructure....Pages 252-262
Institutional Successes and Professional Insecurities on the Continent of the Founders of Sociology....Pages 263-283
Studying Sociology in Postwar Germany: A Historical Synopsis of the Development of Academic Degree Programs at German Institutions of Higher Learning....Pages 284-297
Back Matter....Pages 298-305