Jakobus Wössner
Jakobus Wössner (born October 8, 1921 in Süßen , Baden-Württemberg ; † October 8, 1975 in Linz , Upper Austria ) was an Austrian sociologist and Catholic theologian of German origin.
After training as a Roman Catholic priest , Wössner was ordained in 1956. He then studied economics , philosophy and sociology and received his doctorate in 1961. A year later, he received his habilitation .
From 1963 to 1968 he was a private lecturer at the University of Erlangen and from 1966 also a lecturer at the University of Bochum . From 1968 until his death on his 54th birthday, Wössner was full professor of sociology and head of the Institute for Social Philosophy and General Sociology at the University of Social and Economic Sciences Linz (since 1975 Johannes Kepler University Linz ).
Wössner was a member of the German Society for Sociology and the Austrian Society for Sociology .
Works (selection)
- Man and society . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1963.
- Social nature and structure . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1965.
- Sociology . Böhlau, Vienna 1970.
- Religion in transition . Enke, Stuttgart 1972.
- What is Sociology? Verlag für Geschichte u. Politics, Vienna 1973.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jakobus Wössner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography in the archive for the history of sociology in Austria with bibliography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wössner, Jakobus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Süßen , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1975 |
| Place of death | Linz , Upper Austria |