Hans Norbert Fuegen

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Hans Norbert Fügen (born June 6, 1925 in Mainz ; † October 22, 2005 ) was a German university professor and literary sociologist .

Life

He completed his studies in sociology , German studies and philosophy at the University of Mainz , which were delayed due to war and illness, with a doctorate in 1962. His dissertation The main directions of literary sociology and their methods. A contribution to the theory of the sociology of literature appeared as a book two years later. After his habilitation in 1972, he took over the position of a scientific council at the University of Heidelberg , which was later transferred to a professorship for sociology. The consequences of a war injury sustained as a young soldier at the end of the Second World War forced him into early retirement.

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Joining defines the intersubjective action of the people involved in literature as an object of the sociology of literature. She is not interested in literary work as an aesthetic object. For them, literature only becomes significant insofar as action takes place with it, in it and for it. With this, Fügen is getting closer to Alphons Silbermann's position . From his portrayal of the Marxist view of literature, he draws the conclusion that, according to his understanding, the subject of sociology of literature becomes “more negatively than positively visible”. If the subject of literary sociology is not determined by the aesthetic structure of the work, neither form nor content, but "only the trappings, namely production, distribution and reception", Nicole Köck interprets this as "the end of literary sociology".

Fonts (selection)

  • Max Weber with self-testimonials and photo documents . 5th edition, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-499-50216-3 (first edition 1985, ISBN 978-3-499-50216-3 ).
  • Society and literature. Essays on the sociology of literature . Kovač, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 978-3-86064-128-6 .
  • The main directions of literary sociology and their methods. A contribution to the theory of the sociology of literature . 6th edition, Bouvier, Bonn 1974, ISBN 978-3-416-00828-0 (also dissertation, University of Mainz 1962).
  • As editor: Comparative literature . Econ, Düsseldorf / Vienna 1973, ISBN 978-3-430-12988-6 .
  • Poetry in civil society. Six studies in the sociology of literature . Bouvier, Bonn 1972, ISBN 978-3-416-00868-6 .
  • As editor: Ways of the sociology of literature . Luchterhand, Neuwied 1971 (first edition 1968).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Schluchter : Obituary for Hans Norbert Fügen
  2. ^ A b Nicole Köck: Literary Sociology . In: Georg Kneer; Markus Schroer, Handbook of Special Sociologies . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 263-276, here p. 268.
  3. ↑ Hans Norbert Fügen: The main directions of the sociology of literature and their methods. A contribution to the theory of the sociology of literature . 4th edition. Bouvier, Bonn 1970, p. 105.
personal data
SURNAME Fügen, Hans Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist of literature and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2005