Frank Adloff

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Frank Adloff (* 1969 in Wuppertal ) is a German sociologist .

Career

Between 1990 and 1995 Frank Adloff studied sociology, philosophy and economics at the Philipps University of Marburg , the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and the Free University of Berlin . In 2002 he received his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin, in 2004 he was Theodor Heuss Lecturer at the New School for Social Research . In 2009 he completed his habilitation at the University of Göttingen . From 2007 to 2009 he was Professor of North American Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin, and from 2010 to 2016 he held the Chair of General and Cultural Sociology at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg . Since September 2016, as part of a cluster appointment on the topic of sustainability, he has been professor of sociology, in particular dynamics and regulation of economy and society, in the Department of Social Economics at Hamburg University.

Research priorities

Frank Adloff's research interests lie in the following areas: sociological theory , cultural sociology , political sociology , civil society , gift theory , philanthropy , convivialism, post-growth and the growth-critical movement , sustainability , alternative economies, sociology of affect.

Fonts (selection)

  • In the service of the poor. Catholic Church and American Social Policy in the 20th Century . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag 2003
  • together with Steffen Mau (ed.): On giving and taking. On the sociology of reciprocity . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag 2005
  • together with Ursula Birsl and Philipp Schwertmann (eds.): Economy and civil society. Theoretical and empirical analyzes . Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2005
  • Civil society. Theory and political practice . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag 2005
  • Philanthropic action. A historical sociology of donation in Germany and the USA . Frankfurt / New York: Campus 2010
  • together with Sebastian Büttner, Stephan Moebius and Rainer Schützeichel (eds.): Kultursoziologie. A reader . Frankfurt / New York: Campus Verlag 2014
  • together with Claus Leggewie (ed.): The convivialist manifesto. For a new art of living together . Bielefeld: transcript 2014
  • together with Volker Heins (ed.): Konvivialismus. A debate . Bielefeld: transcript 2015
  • together with Alexander Antony and Gerd Sebald (eds.): Action and interaction crises. Theoretical and empirical microsociological perspectives . Special issue of the Austrian Journal for Sociology 2016
  • together with Jürgen Kocka (ed.): Capitalism and civil society . Research Journal Social Movements 2016
  • Gifts of Cooperation, Mauss and Pragmatism . London: Routledge 2016
  • Politics of the gift. For a different coexistence . Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 9783960540915
  • together with Larissa Pfaller (2017): Critique in statu nascendi? The Reluctance towards Organ Donation. In: Historical Social Research, 42 (2017) 3 , pp. 24–40. doi : 10.12759 / hsr.42.2017.3.24-40 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welcome! New Professor Dr. Frank Adloff: News: University of Hamburg. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ About us: Economy and society: University of Hamburg. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Adloff, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal