Soziologie

InhaltsverzeichnisI. 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.