Armin Nassehi

Armin Nassehi, 2019

Armin Nassehi (born February 9, 1960 in Tübingen ) is a German sociologist .

biography

Nassehi grew up in Tübingen, Munich, Landshut , Tehran and Gelsenkirchen . Nassehi studied education , philosophy and sociology in Münster and at the distance university in Hagen from 1979 to 1985 . From 1988 to 1994 he was a research assistant at the University of Münster. In 1992 he received his doctorate in sociology with the work Die Zeit der Gesellschaft , followed by his habilitation in 1994 with a biographical analysis on former inmates of Soviet forced labor camps . He then taught as a private lecturer in Münster. After substituting professorships in Münster and Munich, he took over Chair I for Sociology at the University of Munich in 1998 as the successor to Walter L. Bühl .

In 2012, Nassehi was awarded the IDIZEM Dialog Prize in the “Academics” category by the Intercultural Dialog Center in Munich . The jury's statement said that Nassehi, as a scientist, makes an exemplary contribution to the promotion and enrichment of cultural values ​​and their application in society.

Also in 2012, Nassehi was appointed by the Bishop of Hildesheim, Norbert Trelle , as a member of the board of the Foundation Research Institute for Philosophy Hannover (fiph). Nassehi is also a member of the Center for Liberal Modernism .

In 2018, Nassehi was awarded the Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Public Efficacy in Sociology from the German Society for Sociology .

He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic University of Eichstätt since 2018 .

Scientific work

Armin Nassehi's academic work focuses on sociology of culture , political sociology , sociology of religion and sociology of knowledge and science . His sociology is mainly related to the systems theory according to Niklas Luhmann , whose potential he makes usable for the methodology of qualitative social research. In terms of social theory, Nassehi is working on a concept of the “society of the present”, which seeks to free the concept of society from its substantialist elements in favor of an operational understanding.

In addition to further sociological system and practice theory Nassehi research especially in the field of empirical ethics research on medical, legal, ethical and political decisions on multi-professional organization of life care or unemployment assistance , as well as in an international EU project on the transfer of scientific knowledge in political decisions.

In his book, Muster Theorie der Digitale Gesellschaft , published in 2019 , Nassehi attempts to establish digital technology and the process of digitization in modern times himself.

In his 2020 book, The Great No . Armin Nassehi examines the function and form of protest in terms of the dynamic and tragedy of social protest . According to Armin Nassehi, protest is a special social form in a functionally differentiated society. It makes conflicts visible that cannot be worked down in the institutionalized processing routines. In the printing company, "no statements" could be processed to some extent. In the internet age there is almost symmetrical communication due to the many speakers, which makes it confusing. Since protest is also inherent in a logic of increase, this leads to excessive demands on society today. There is no "stop rule for no statements". The tragic thing about the protest is that the demands can never be fully implemented. Protest can be a "generator of democracy" if, for example, it promotes rational decisions in politics ( climate catastrophe ). The cycle of power becomes visible in protest, and protest wants and can interrupt the cycle of power, forcing those in power to express their opinion. But protest can also be a "threat to democracy" if it empowers groups without a democratically acquired mandate.

Journalistic work

Together with Sabine Maasen, Irmhild Saake and Tobias Wolbring, Nassehi published the sociological journal Soziale Welt .

Since 2001 he has also worked as a lecturer and consultant for companies in various industries.

In the summer of 2010, the TV broadcaster BR-alpha broadcast thirteen episodes on the subject of "Limited Liability Companies" in which Nassehi speaks on sociological topics. The series was broadcast again in March 2016.

On January 24 and 25, 2013, Nassehi organized the 1st Munich Theory Discussions on the subject of Is society a sociologically meaningful term? , supported by the Nemetschek Foundation Munich, on the premises of the Siemens Foundation at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.

Nassehi has been editor of Kursbuch magazine since 2012 . He also writes, alternating with Peter Felixberger , also editor of the course book, the column "Monday block" on the course book's website.

family

Nassehi is married and has one grown son.

Publications (selection)

• with Georg Weber: Death, Modernity and Society. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1989, ISBN 978-3-531-12035-5 .
• with Georg Kneer : Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems. An introduction. Fink, Munich 1993, ISBN 978-3-8252-1751-8 .
• The time of society. Towards a Sociological Theory of Time. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1993, ISBN 978-3-531-15855-6 New edition: VS, Wiesbaden 2008.
• with Rolf Eickelpasch (Ed.): Utopia and Modernity. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 978-3-531-15855-6 .
• Differentiation consequences. Contributions to the sociology of modernity. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1999 ISBN 978-3-531-13314-0 .
• with Markus Schroer (ed.): The concept of the political. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2003 ISBN 978-3-8329-0335-0 .
• Unity and openness. Studies on the theory of modern society. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2003 ISBN 978-3-518-29236-5 .
• with Gerd Nollmann (eds.): Bourdieu and Luhmann. A comparison of theories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2004 ISBN 978-3-518-29296-9 .
• The sociological discourse of modernity. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2006. Paperback edition Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 2009 ISBN 978-3-518-58452-1 .
• Sociology. Ten introductory lectures. VS, Wiesbaden 2008 ISBN 978-3-531-15433-6 , 2nd edition 2011.
• Through society by taxi. Sociological Stories. Murmann , Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86774-095-1 .
• Understand society. Sociological excursions . Murmann, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86774-127-9 .
• Society of Presents. Studies on the theory of modern society II . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-518-29596-0 .
• with Oliver Jahraus u. a. (Ed.): Luhmann manual. Life - work - effect. Metzler, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02368-1 .
• The last hour of truth. Why right and left are no longer alternatives ... Murmann, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86774-377-8 .
• The last hour of truth. Critique of Complexity-Forgotten Reason. (course book edition), Sven Murmann Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-946514-58-9 .
• Was there 1968? A search for clues. course book edition, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-96196-008-8 .
• Template. Theory of the digital society, CH Beck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-406-74024-4 .
• The big no . Dynamic and tragedy of social protest . kursbuch.edition, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-96196-128-3 .

items

• A left is no longer needed. ( Die ZEIT , July 13, 2017, after the G20 summit in Hamburg )

Web links

Commons : Armin Nassehi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Armin Nassehi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Armin Nassehi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Website by Armin Nassehi
• Armin Nassehi in the SozBlog of the German Society for Sociology
• All episodes of GMBH on BR-alpha as video
• Deutschlandfunk nuances. Music and personal questions from December 23, 2018
• Deutschlandfunk cultural issues. Debates and documents from September 8, 2019: We without ourselves - The sociologist Armin Nassehi on the cultural struggle for diversity in conversation with Michael Köhler

Interviews

• Ruth Ciesinger: “The extreme welcoming culture was not only focused on the refugees”. In: Der Tagesspiegel . March 13, 2017 (interview with Armin Nassehi). 
• Heinrich Wefing: It works that way. In: Zeit Online . July 4, 2018 (interview with Armin Nassehi). 
• Peter Unfried: “Anyone can formulate goals”. In: The daily newspaper (taz) . June 15, 2019 (interview with Armin Nassehi). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DIE WELT: Nachrichten: Bayern . October 14, 2012.
2. ↑ http://idw-online.de/de/news499576 Press release from October 2, 2012
3. ^ DGS - German Society for Sociology: Prize for public effectiveness from the German Society for Sociology to Armin Nassehi. Retrieved November 11, 2018 . 
4. ^ Board of Trustees - Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Retrieved November 11, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Armin Nassehi: Sample. Theory of the digital society . CH Beck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-406-74024-4 .
6. ^ Sociologist Armin Nassehi on digitization - "Third Discovery of Society". Deutschlandfunk Kultur, August 24, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Jürgen Kaube: Internet overheating machine: That is how it seems . August 26, 2019 ( faz.net [accessed August 27, 2019]).
8. ↑ Marc Reichwein: "Pattern": Armin Nassehi's theory of the digital society . August 27, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed August 27, 2019]).
9. ↑ Armin Nassehi: Privacy at risk in the digital society | Digital Society Blog. HIIG - Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, August 26, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Vera Linß: Armin Nassehi: "Pattern" - How technology makes modernity visible. Deutschlandfunk Kultur, August 30, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2019 . 
11. ↑ “Pattern” by Armin Nassehi - Why we accumulate data without end. SRF, Sternstunde Philosophie, August 31, 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Armin Nassehi: For which problem is digitization a solution? Retrieved September 5, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Steffen Richter: Digitization has been a success since the 19th century. Der Tagesspiegel, accessed on September 9, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Armin Nassehi: The big no. Dynamic and tragedy of social protest . P. 58
15. ↑ Armin Nassehi: Monday block / 105 , April 13, 2020
16. ↑ Armin Nassehi: Monday block / 107 , May 11, 2020
17. ^ Munich Theory Discussions - General Sociology and Social Theory - LMU Munich .
18. ↑ Course book MONTAGSBLOCK | CLASS BOOK. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German). 
19. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin No. 11, March 17, 2017, p. 45.