Andreas Balog

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Andreas (András) Balog (* 1946 in Budapest ; † 2008 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sociologist . As an important representative of sociological theory, he was concerned with clarifying sociological theories , which he saw as neglected . His monograph Social Phenomena. Identity, structure and explanation are considered to be the basic work.

Life

Andreas Balog studied sociology , philosophy and political science with a minor in art history at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1973 on the subject of the individual in Max Weber's sociology. On the critique of a social-theoretical position . He completed his habilitation in 1988 at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Vienna with a reconstruction of actions. Everyday intuitions and sociological concept formation . He worked as a freelance sociologist, was a scholarship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main from 1978 to 1980 , and from 1992 to 2002 he was a full-time lecturer at the Federal Administration Academy for Executives. This activity allowed him to continue teaching and publishing at various universities. In July 1999 he was awarded the title of Associate University Professor . From 1983 Balog was a member of the editorial board and from 1987 to 1995 editorial spokesman for the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie ; from 1997 to 1999 he was co-editor of the journal European Societies of the ESA ( European Sociological Association ). He was co-founder in 1990 and until 2008 spokesman for the Sociological Theory Section of the Austrian Society for Sociology .

András Balog was interested in theory , but he never worked completely apart from empirical research. Empirical works on various areas of contemporary Austrian society make up a not inconsiderable part of his writings.

He was visiting professor at the University of Linz , University of Salzburg , University of Klagenfurt and Goethe University in Frankfurt.

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  • Understanding and explaining with Max Weber . In: Rainer Greshoff et al. (Ed.), Understanding and Explaining. Cultural studies perspectives . Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2008: 73 - 94, ISBN 978-3-7705-4630-5
  • Organization concept and organization theories . In: Andreas Balog / Johann August Schülein (ed.) Sociology: a multiparadigmatic science? . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden: 2008: 263 - 290
  • Explaining Action and Explaining Social Phenomena . In: Helene Flam / Marcus Carson (eds.), Rule System Theory. Applications and Explorations . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008: 19 - 37, ISBN 978-3-631-57596-3
  • Macro phenomena and "action theory". Coleman's Contribution to Explaining Social Phenomena . In: Jens Greve et al. (Ed.), The micro-macro model of sociological explanation . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden: 2008: 251-266, ISBN 978-3-531-91774-0
  • Actions and facts. Weber and Durkheim on the "objectivity" of the social , Berliner Journal für Soziologie , 14, 2004: 485 - 502
  • Explanation of social issues through mechanisms . In: Manfred Gabriel (ed.), Paradigms of Actor-Centered Sociology . Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004: 21 - 41 (with Eva Cyba )
  • Neurath as a systematic sociologist . In: A. Balog / G. Mozetic (eds.), Sociology in and from Vienna . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt / Vienna / New York 2004: 315 - 334
  • The term "society": conceptual considerations and criticism of its use in diagnoses of the times , Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 24, 1999: 66-93
  • Theory as a “theoretical system”: Parsons' contribution to sociological theory , in: Helmut Staubmann / Harald Wenzel (eds.), Talcott Parsons . On the topicality of a theory program , Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 2000: 175 - 202
  • Sociology and the 'theory of action , in: A. Balog / M. Gabriel (Hg): Sociological theory of action. Unity or diversity . Opladen / Wiesbaden 1998: 25 - 54 (= special issue 3 of the Austrian Journal for Sociology)
  • Inner-directed Actions , Sociological Perspectives, vol. 40, 1997, no.1: 33-59
  • Action rationality and utility calculation , in: T. Meleghy et al. (Ed.), Sociology in the Concert of the Sciences. To the identity of a discipline . Negotiations of the 14th Austrian Congress for Sociology. Wiesbaden 1996: 91-110
  • Forms of "decomposability" of social phenomena. A contribution to the micro-macro problem , Analysis & Criticism , 15th year, 1993: 168 - 191
  • Society as an "accidental product of human activities". Max Horkheimer's social theory and critique , Philosophy and Social Criticism, vol. 16, 1991: 127-141
  • Multiple selves and life plans. Dimensions of the concept of the person , Austrian Journal for Sociology, 15th year, 1990, issue 3: 71-87
  • Survey on flextime arrangements . Social and Labor Bulletin, Vol. 1987, No 1: 103-105
  • Descriptive and causal use of action terms , In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 9th year, 1983, issue 4:58 - 71
  • Kelsen's Critique of Sociology . Archive for Legal and Social Philosophy, 69th year, 1983: 515 - 528
  • Legal interests in theory and practice . Criminal sociological bibliography, vol. 8, issue 31/1981: 51 - 67
  • Everyday life as an object of sociology: categorical determinations and empirical investigations , Austrian Journal for Sociology, 5th year, 1980, issue 2–3: 118–127

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SURNAME Balog, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balog, András
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 2008
Place of death Vienna