Horst Baier (sociologist)
Horst Baier (born March 26, 1933 in Brno , Moravia ; † December 2, 2017 in Konstanz ) was a German physician and sociologist , most recently professor of sociology at the University of Konstanz .
Life
Horst Baier initially studied medicine in Erlangen, Berlin and Munich. In 1953 he became a member of the Germania Erlangen fraternity , from which he later left with some federal brothers to found the Sieglitzhofer Germania . In 1959 he was at the University of Erlangen for Dr. med. PhD . He then worked for Helmut Schelsky at the social research center at the University of Münster in Dortmund. In 1969 he completed his habilitation in sociology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with a study on Max Weber .
Horst Baier was initially a professor of sociology and social education at the University of Education in Münster . In 1970, he received a call to the chair of Theodor W. Adorno as a professor of sociology and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , 1975 he moved to the chair of sociology at the University of Konstanz. His scientific collaborators included Maurizio Bach , Michael Bäuerle, Michael Ebertz , Weyma Lübbe , Bernhard Mann , Claus Offermann and Paul Ridder . In 1998 he retired .
Act
Horst Baier was in the tradition of Hans Freyer and Helmut Schelsky. His main research interests were medical-sociological and socio-political topics, in particular administrative and hospital economics and social and health administration such as knowledge-sociological and socio- philosophical topics.
Horst Baier was for many years co-editor of the scientific journal Mensch-Medizin-Gesellschaft , published by Enke-Verlag Stuttgart , and he was - together with Erhard Roy Wiehn - editor of the Konstanzer Schriften zur Sozialwissenschaft as well as the sociological contemporary questions.
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- Students in opposition . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1968.
- Students in opposition. Contributions to the sociology of the German university. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1982.
- with Jost Bauch , Gerd Hörnemann , Paul Swertz : Health in the welfare state. Contributions to the relationship between health and politics. Hartung-Gorre, 1996.
- Honesty in the welfare state. Edition Interfrom 1997.
- Health as quality of life. Edition Interfrom 1997.
- From armed to eternal peace ? Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 1998.
- Europe of the citizens. From the nation state to the welfare society. Fromm, 1999.
- Sociology as enlightenment, or the expulsion of transcendence from society. Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 2000.
- Dirt . About feces and other waste in European civilization. Universitäts-Verlag, Konstanz 2002.
- (with Dorothea Jars) Added words, looked pictures, heard sounds. Hartung-Gorre, 2005.
- Dance of women. Novellas about love, dance and death. Hartung-Gorre, 2008.
- Stations of life under the demands of the day. Autobiography. Hartung-Gorre, 2011.
Editions
- Freedom and constraint. Contributions in honor of Helmut Schelsky. West German Publishing House 1977.
- with Hans Mathias Kepplinger , Kurt Reumann , Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann : Public opinion and social change. Public Opinion and Social Change. Festschrift for Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1981.
- with Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Kurt Reumann, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann: Public opinion and social change. With contributions in English. VS, 1982, ISBN 3-531-11533-2 .
- with Mario Rainer Lepsius , Wolfgang J. Mommsen : Max Weber Complete Edition . 41 volumes. Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 1984 ff.
- Helmut Schelsky, a sociologist in the Federal Republic. A memorial from friends, colleagues and students. Enke, Stuttgart 1986.
- Medicines in the course of social change. Springer, 1988.
- with Bernhard Schäfers , Justin Stagl , a. a .: Culture and religion, institutions and charisma in the civilization process. Festschrift for Wolfgang Lipp . Hartung-Gorre, 2005.
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2011. Volume 1. 23rd edition. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2011, p. 137.
Web links
- Literature by and about Horst Baier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for "Horst Baier" in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Horst Baier (sociologist) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
swell
- ↑ Prof. Dr. med. Horst Baier: Obituary notice. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
- ^ Hans-Peter Schmidt: Review of the biography of Horst Baier. In: Academicus. Magazine of the New German Burschenschaft. ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 51-52.
- ^ Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Volume II. Enke, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 39-41.
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SURNAME | Baier, Horst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , Moravia |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 2017 |
Place of death | Constancy |