Karl-Heinz Hillmann

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Karl-Heinz Hillmann (born July 14, 1938 in Berlin ; † October 31, 2007 in Würzburg ) was a German sociologist . Most of his life as a professor at the University of Würzburg, he worked in the field of sociology far-reaching, but with a special focus on economic and environmental sociology . He became influential as a publicist and lexicographer ( Dictionary of Sociology . 5th edition. 2007).

Life

The son of a Berlin master baker (who successfully hid Jews in his bakery during the Nazi era ) studied sociology (especially with Otto Stammer ), economics, philosophy, psychology and modern history at the Free University of Berlin . Then he worked in various companies. With his doctoral supervisor Günter Hartfiel , he then founded the Institute for Sociology at the University of Würzburg and continued to teach there after his retirement in 2003. Visiting professorships took him to Siegen , Kiel and Salzburg .

1982–2003 Karl-Heinz Hillmann was Liaison Lecturer at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation . In 1988 he founded the economic sociology section of the German Society for Sociology , which he headed until 1995.

He devoted intensive collaboration to organizations such as the Bund Naturschutz and the German Society for Environmental and Human Toxicology and was politically active in the FDP .

Work and effect

Publications (a selection)

  • Dictionary of Sociology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 410). 5th, completely revised and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-520-41005-4 (first edition 1972).
  • Wertwandel , [1986]. 3. Edition. Carolus, Würzburg 2003
  • The improvement of human coexistence . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2003
  • Survival society . Carolus-Verlag, Würzburg 1998
  • General economic sociology . Vahlen, Munich 1988
  • Environmental crisis and value change , [1981]. 2nd Edition. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 1986
  • Social determinants of consumer behavior . Enke, Stuttgart 1971
  • A model of the homo sociologicus and its relevance for the analysis of consumer behavior in the modern affluent society . Dissertation at the Free University of Berlin in 1969.

literature

  • Georg W. Oesterdiekhoff: In memoriam Karl-Heinz Hillmann. In: Soziologie , Vol. 37, 2008, Issue 1, pp. 96–99

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personal data
SURNAME Hillmann, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2007
Place of death Wurzburg