Karl-Dieter Opp

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Karl-Dieter Opp (born May 26, 1937 in Cologne ) is a German sociologist . Opp is a professor emeritus at the University of Leipzig .

life and work

After graduating from high school in 1957, Opp completed a commercial apprenticeship at the Ford factory in Cologne . This was followed by a degree in economics and business administration , law , business education and sociology at the University of Cologne . 1967 PhD with René König in Cologne. From 1967 Opp was an assistant at the Sociological Seminar of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , where he completed his habilitation in 1970 . In 1971 he became professor of sociology at the University of Hamburg . 1991–1992 he held the Theodor Heuss Professorship at the New School for Social Research in New York. Opp has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Leipzig since 1993 (Emeritus since 2002). In 2007 Opp became an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington (Seattle) . Opp took on the following visiting professorships (selection):

Opp was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) 1976/1977 and the Russell Sage Foundation in 1996/1997, and Academic Visitor at Nuffield College of Oxford University .

Opp is heavily influenced by the individualistic approach . In this sense he developed u. a. the theories of deviant behavior and political participation .

Fonts (selection)

  • Methodology of the Social Sciences. Introduction to problems of their theorizing and practical application . 7th edition, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-01910-5 .
  • The disappointed revolutionaries. Political engagement before and after the turnaround . Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-8100-1599-7 .
  • The emergence of social norms. An attempt to integrate sociological, socio-psychological and economic explanations . Mohr, Tübingen 1983, ISBN 3-16-944670-3 .
  • Individualistic social science. Working method and problems of individualistic and collectivistic oriented social science . Enke, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-432-90511-4 .
  • Social Crisis Theory. Apathy, protest and collective action . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-455-09226-8 .
  • Deviant behavior and social structure . Luchterhand, Neuwied 1974, ISBN 3-472-72601-6 .
  • Behavioral Sociology. A new direction in sociological research . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1972, ISBN 3-499-21019-3 .

literature

  • M. Funke-Schmitt-Rink: Opp, Karl-Dieter , in: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 2, Stuttgart ² 1984, p. 635.
  • An unpredictable resume? , in: M. Jungbauer-Gans and Ch. Gross, eds., Sociological careers in autobiographical analysis , Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 75–94.
  • Rational Choice: Theoretical analyzes and empirical results: Festschrift for Karl-Dieter Opp on his 70th birthday , ed. by A. Diekmann, K. Eichner, P. Schmidt and Th. Voss, Wiesbaden 2008.
  • Wolbring, T. (2014). Continuity and change in scientific positions, Karl-Dieter Opps methodology and theory of action. In N. Braun, J. Müller, A. Nassehi, I. Saake, & T. Wolbring, eds., Concepts - Positions - Debates. A re-reading of 65 years of the Social World (pp. 111–124). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annette Treibel: Introduction to Sociological Theories of the Present. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2000, ISBN 3-8252-8070-5 . P. 100
personal data
SURNAME Opp, Karl-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne