Karl Gustav Specht
Karl Gustav Specht (* 1916 ; † 1980 in St. Moritz ) was a German sociologist , university professor and co-founder of gerontology and medical sociology as university subjects in Germany .
Life
Karl Gustav Specht began his scientific career as an assistant to Leopold von Wiese at the University of Cologne . Later he was appointed to the chair for sociology in the social science institute of the economic and social science faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . At the same time he was director of the Institute for Liberal Professions and Director of the Institute for Empirical Sociology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 1956 Karl Gustav Specht took over the chair from Werner Ziegenfuß . With his chair, Specht was primarily involved in the scientific training of qualified social economists.
Research priorities
Specht's scientific approach was characterized by the theoretical analysis of sociological facts and their integration into empirical research against the background of a human-scientific perspective: The needy person in particular also needs scientific expertise.
gerontology
Together with the owner of the First Department of Aging Medicine in Germany, René Schubert set up at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Klinikum Nuremberg , and later president of the World Association of Gerontology, the Bonn psychologist Hans Thomae , Karl Gustav counts Specht, so Ursula Lehr , one of the founders of interdisciplinary gerontology in Germany . As early as the 1970s, Specht had initiated studies of the sociology of aging among his group of students and employees , which had anticipated the currently discussed problems and challenges of demographic change.
Medical sociology
He is also counted among the pioneers of medical sociology in Germany. Specht had also promoted an interdisciplinary approach here, as was cultivated years later in public health . A large number of projects on rehabilitation research at the Institute for Empirical Sociology and at the Institute for Liberal Professions, which still shape the scientific profile of the institutes today, went back to Specht .
Corporate governance and consumer research
Other focal points of Specht were next to the empirical research , the Industrial Sociology with the company management and consumer research. Here Specht cultivated interdisciplinary contacts with business administration .
Well-known students
Well-known students of Karl Gustav Specht are Christa Lindner-Braun, Karl-Dieter Opp and Günter Wiswede . The Bielefeld sociologist Günter Büschges has been appointed as his successor to his chair .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Gustav Specht in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marketing Sociology (accessed January 24, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodpecker, Karl Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1916 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1980 |
| Place of death | St. Moritz |