Heinz Otto Ziegler

Heinz Otto Ziegler (born March 11, 1903 in Prague ; † May 4, 1944 ) was a German-speaking Czech sociologist. His scientific work was mainly concerned with questions of political sociology .

After studying, doing doctorate and habilitation at the University of Heidelberg , Ziegler became a private lecturer in sociology at the University of Frankfurt in 1927 . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Ziegler emigrated to Prague and later to the United Kingdom , where he joined the Royal Air Force after the war began. He had a son, Toby Eady, with the English writer Mary Wesley . ,

Works (selection)

• The modern nation. A contribution to political sociology , Tübingen: Mohr, 1931
• Authoritarian or total state , Tübingen: Mohr, 1932
• The professional and social structure of the population in Czechoslovakia , Brno, Prague, Leipzig, Vienna: Rohrer, 1936

literature

• Hans-Joachim Lieber : Ziegler, Heinz Otto. In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Volume 1: Articles on sociologists who died by the end of 1969. 2nd revised edition. Enke, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-432-82652-4 , p. 511.
• Marek Skovajsa: "Crushed by History: Czechoslovak Sociologist Heinz Otto Ziegler." In: Walter Pape, Jiří Šubrt (Ed.): Thinking Central Europe: Intellectuals, Identities and Ideas. Central Europe in the 20th and 21st Centuries . De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-053501-3 , Pp. 119-136. DOI 10.1515 / 9783110536003-009.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Otto Ziegler in the catalog of the German National Library