Alfred Vierkandt

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Alfred Vierkandt

Alfred Vierkandt (born June 4, 1867 in Hamburg , † April 24, 1953 in Berlin ) was a German sociologist, ethnologist , social psychologist , social and historical philosopher .

Life

Vierkandt, who came from a poor background, studied mathematics , physics , geography and psychology at the University of Leipzig and completed his habilitation in Braunschweig in 1894 . In 1909 he was one of the founders of the German Society for Sociology . From 1913 to 1934 he was professor of sociology at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin. With his retirement he was banned from lecturing by the National Socialists, but continued teaching from 1946.

Fonts (selection)

  • Primitive and civilized peoples. A contribution to social psychology (1896)
  • The continuity in cultural change . A Sociological Study (1908)
  • (with Leopold Wenger and others) General constitutional and administrative history (1911)
  • Power Relationship and Morale of Power (1916)
  • State and Society in the Present: An Introduction to Civic Thought and the Political Movement of Our Time (1916)
  • Social theory: main problems of philosophical sociology (1923) - 2. revised. Edition (1928)
  • The dualism in the modern world view (1923)
  • The spiritual and moral content of the more recent natural law (1927)
  • General Constitutional and Administrative History (1928)
  • (Ed.) Concise dictionary of sociology . Enke, Stuttgart 1931 (unchanged reprint, Enke, Stuttgart 1959).
    • (Ed.) Concise dictionary of sociology , abridged study edition, Enke, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-432-91551-9 .
  • Family, people and state in their social life processes: An introduction to social theory . Enke, Stuttgart 1936.
    • Small social theory , 2nd edition of: Family, people and state in their social life processes. An introduction to social theory , Enke, Stuttgart 1949 (the 3rd, unchanged edition, appeared in 1961).

literature

  • Wilhelm Bernsdorf : Vierkandt, Alfred , in: Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 1, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1980, p. 466 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Vierkandt, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist, ethnologist, social psychologist, social and historical philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1953
Place of death Berlin