Johannes Berger (sociologist)

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Johannes Berger (born February 7, 1939 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German sociologist . From 1974 to 1989 he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld , from 1989 to 2004 at the University of Mannheim .

research

His main research interests are: sociological theory; Social theory (social and moral foundations of modern societies); Social change and social inequality in industrial societies ; Modernization research or modernization theory ; Economic sociology ( markets and organizations , economic development and social institutions ).

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Monographs

  • Economic inequality. Twelve lectures. Wiesbaden 2019: VS Verlag Springer
  • Analysis of capitalism and criticism of capitalism Wiesbaden: VS Verlag 2014
  • The discreet charm of the market. On the social problems of the market economy. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2009.
  • The economy of modern society. Structural problems and future prospects. Frankfurt / M .: Campus, 1999.

Editing

  • Power or economic law? Yearbook 21 Economy and Society. Marburg 2008 (together with HG Nutzinger).
  • Is the social bond breaking? Contributions to a current socio-political debate. Frankfurt / M .: Campus, 2005.

Contributions

  • The capitalist economic order in the mirror of criticism. An overview . In: Andrea Maurer (ed.): Handbook of economic sociology. Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 523-550.
  • Power as a basic concept in sociology . In: Florian Möslein (ed.), 2016: Private power. Tübingen pp. 47-63.
  • Hegel's analysis of market society . In freedom. Stuttgart Hegel Congress 2011, ed. by Gunnar Hindrichs and Axel Honneth. Frankfurt 2013, pp. 443-460.
  • Economic order and economic development. Past and future of the social market economy . In: Stefan Hradil (ed.): German conditions. A social studies. Frankfurt, 2013, pp. 246–283.
  • Why are some countries so much richer than others? For the institutional explanation of development differences . In: Journal for Sociology Volume 36, 2007, pp. 5–24.
  • The unity of modernity , in: Thomas Schwinn (ed.): The diversity and the unity of modernity: cultural and structural comparative analyzes. Wiesbaden 2006, pp. 201-225.
  • About the origin of inequality among people. On the past and present of a key sociological question. (PDF; 164 kB) In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie , Vol. 33, Issue 5, October 2004, pp. 354–374
  • What does the modernization theory really claim - and what is it supposed to be? In: Leviathan, 1996, No. 1, pp. 45-62.
  • Full employment as a state task? In: Dieter Grimm (Ed.): State tasks. Basel 1994, pp. 553-584.
  • Market and State in Advanced Capitalist Societies . In: Economy and Society: Overviews in Economic Sociology, 1990.
  • The Economy and the Environment . Pp. 766-797 in: Neil J. Smelser, Richard Swedberg (eds.) 1994: The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton, PUP.
  • The linguisticization of the sacred and the desilingualization of the economy. In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Vol. 11, 1982, pp. 353–365.
  • The basic idea of ​​Marx's crisis theory . In: Argument . Special Volume 35 "Alternative Economic Policy", 1979, p. 120-134 .
  • Is Marx's theory of value a price theory? In: Leviathan - Berlin journal for social science . tape 4 , 1979, p. 560-565 .

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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein