Bernhard Schäfers

Bernhard Schäfers (born February 26, 1939 in Münster ) is a German sociologist .

Life

Schäfers studied at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, where he received his doctorate in 1967. sc. pol. and then worked at the social research center at the University of Münster in Dortmund. In 1970 his habilitation took place there. From 1971 to 1977 he was associate professor for sociology at what was then the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Education. This was followed by an extraordinary professorship for sociology at the University of Göttingen from 1977 to 1983.

As Hans Linde 's successor , Schäfers became professor and head of the Institute for Sociology at the University of Karlsruhe in the 1983 summer semester . Since 1985 he has also been a member of the local Faculty of Architecture, where he offered events on the subjects of urban development and the sociology of architecture . 1991–92 he was chairman of the German Society for Sociology . In 2007 he was a professor at the University of Karlsruhe emeritus .

Schäfers' scientific focus is on social structure analyzes of modern societies, youth, group, urban and technical sociology and comparison of European social structures.

Fonts (selection)

• (Ed. On behalf of DGS ): Sociology in Germany , Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1995
• (Ed. With G. Wewer): Die Stadt in Deutschland , Opladen 1996.
• Political Atlas of Germany. Society, Economy, State , Bonn ²1998 (also English and French)
• (Ed.): Introduction to group sociology, UTB 996, Heidelberg / Wiesbaden ³1999
• Youth Sociology . An introduction , 7th revised. Edition, UTB 1131, Opladen 2001
• (Ed. With Wolfgang Zapf ): Concise dictionary of the German society , Opladen ²2001
• (Ed. With Hermann Korte ): Introductory Sociology , 4 vols.
• Social structure and social change in Germany , 7th revised. u. exp. Edition, UTB 2186, Stuttgart 2002
• (Ed.): Basic concepts of sociology , 8th updated edition, UTB 1416, Opladen 2003
• Introduction to Sociology , Wiesbaden 2013.
• Architectural sociology. Basics - Epochs - Topics , 3rd, updated and extended Ed., Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014.
• Social history of sociology. The development of sociological theory since the double revolution , Wiesbaden 2016.

literature

• Yvonne Bernart (ed.): The sociological view. Bernhard Schäfers on retirement . Cuvillier, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 3-86727-133-X .

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernhard Schäfers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage at the University of Karlsruhe ( Memento from August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• History of the Institute for Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies at KIT

Individual evidence

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