German Sociology: T.W. Adorno, M. Horkheimer, G. Simmel, M. Weber, and Others / Edition 1

by Uta Gerhardt

Overview

German sociology--indeed sociology as a discipline--belongs to modern times. This unusual anthology includes works by Theodor W. Adorno, Uta Gerhardt, Jnrgen Habermas, Max Horkheimer, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Georg Simmel, Roberto Michels, Max Weber, Hans Gerth, Hans Speier, Alfred Schutz, Alfred Weber, Karl Mannheim, Theodor Geiger, Ralf Dehrendorf, Rene Konig, Renate Mayntz, Reinhard Bendix, Claus Offe, and Stephan Leibfried. A substantive introductioni by Uta Gerhardt and detailed biographical sketches of the contributors will aid the general reader, student, and scholar alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826409591
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/01/1998
Series:	German Library , #61
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Introduction 1 Superiority and Subordination as Subject Matter of Sociology 1 2 Domination and Legitimacy 24 3 Some Reflections on the Sociological Character of Political Parties 38 4 The Nazi Party: Its Leadership and Composition 49 5 Ludendorff: The German Concept of Total War 67 6 The Stranger: An Essay in Social Psychology 81 7 Today and the Task 95 8 The Pattern of Democratic Personality 101 9 The Mass Society of the Present 117 10 Homo Sociologicus: On the History, Significance, and Limits of the Category of Social Role 128 11 Society 150 12 Family and Authority: The German Father in 1955 166 13 Role Distance, Role Identification, and Amoral Role Behavior 176 14 On Systematically Distorted Communication 185 15 Two Sociological Traditions 195 16 German Survivors of World War II: The Impact on the Life Course of the Collective Experience of Birth Cohorts 207 17 Aging as a Challenge for Sociological Theory 222 18 Germany and the Problem of Aggressiveness 234 19 Capitalism by Democratic Design? Democratic Theory Facing the Triple Transition in East Central Europe 242 20 Toward a European Welfare State? On Integrating Poverty Regimes into the European Community 258 Notes 274 The Authors 309