Gerhard Wagner (sociologist)

Gerhard Adam Wagner (born November 27, 1958 in Donzdorf ) is a German sociologist. He is Professor of Sociology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .

Life

Wagner studied sociology and political science at the University of Heidelberg , received his doctorate in 1992 from the University of Bielefeld , where he also completed his habilitation in 1998 . After teaching and research activities in Heidelberg, Bielefeld, Leipzig , the University of Würzburg and Zurich , he accepted a professorship for sociology with a focus on the philosophy of science / logic of the social sciences at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in 2004 .

His main research interests are: science studies, cultural sociology and political sociology . Among other things, he is the editor of Max Weber's methodological writings as part of the Max Weber Complete Edition (MWG I / 7).

Fonts (selection)

as an author

• The philosophy of science of sociology. A floor plan . Oldenbourg, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-58685-5 .
• Paulette on the beach. Novel for an introduction to sociology . Velbrück Wissenschaft, Weilerswist 2008, ISBN 978-3-938808-52-8 .
• A History of Sociology ( UTB ; Vol. 2961). UVK-VG, Konstanz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8252-2961-0 .
• Project Europe. On the construction of European identity between nationalism and world society . Edition Philo, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86572-509-0 .

as editor

• By virtue of law. Contributions to legal sociological effectiveness research . VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17645-1 .
• A friendship that has lasted a lifetime. Correspondence 1938–1959 Alfred Schütz - Eric Voegelin . UVK-VG, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 3-89669-699-8 .
• Communicating in the Third Space (Routledge Research in cultural and media studies; Vol. 18). Routledge, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-96315-2 (with Karin Ikas).

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerhard Wagner at the University of Frankfurt / Main