Helmut Kuzmics

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Helmut Kuzmics (born June 22, 1949 in Graz ) is an Austrian sociologist .

Kuzmics studied economics and sociology in Graz and Vienna and completed his habilitation in sociology at the University of Graz in 1987 , where he now teaches as a university professor.

His research interests are: Historical Sociology , figuration sociology , civilization theory , general sociology, economic sociology , sociology of literature , Emotion Sociology , National mentalities, modernity and modernization, symbolic interactionism .

Fonts (selection)

  • The price of civilization . The compulsions of modernity in a theoretical comparison. Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1989
  • with Ingo Mörth (ed.): The infinite process of civilization. On the cultural sociology of modernity according to Norbert Elias. Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1991
  • with Roland Axtmann: Authority, State and National Character . The civilization process in Austria and England 1700–1900. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2000
  • with Annette Treibel and Reinhard Blomert (eds.): Theory of civilization in the balance sheet. Contributions to the 100th birthday of Norbert Elias . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2000
  • with Gerald Mozetic: Literature as Sociology. On the relationship between social and literary reality. UVK, Constance 2003

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