Kurt Albert Gerlach

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Kurt Albert Gerlach (born August 22, 1886 in Hanover , † October 19, 1922 in Frankfurt ) was a German sociologist.

Life

The son of a factory owner received his doctorate from the University of Kiel under Ferdinand Tönnies and then studied at the University of Leipzig and the London School of Economics . In 1913 he qualified as a professor for political economy in Leipzig. From 1913 he worked as a private lecturer at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy . From 1914 he was editor of the journal Der Staatsbürger .

During the November Revolution, Gerlach became a member of the SPD . A short time later, he switched to the USPD to eventually join anarcho-syndicalism . He wrote articles for the magazine Der Syndikalist .

In 1919 he was appointed to the Technical University of Aachen , in 1922 he followed a call to the University of Frankfurt .

In 1922 he died of diabetes shortly before his appointment as first director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research . Gerlach had already put a more detailed research program on paper. Thus, Carl Grünberg appointed founding director.

His divorced wife Christiane Gerlach married Richard Sorge in 1921 . This in turn was Gerlach's assistant at the IfW and followed him to Frankfurt.

Fonts (selection)

  • Denmark's position in the world economy. With special consideration of the trade relations with Germany, England and Scandinavia , Jena 1911
  • The importance of worker protection (habilitation thesis), Munich / Leipzig 1913
  • The woman and the cooperative system , Jena 1918

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://cau.gelehrtenverzeichnis.de/e0666226-0016-9fdf-c0f4-4d4c60d8bb91
  2. ^ Rolf Wiggershaus , The Frankfurt School. History - Theoretical Development - Political Significance , 1986, ISBN 3423301740
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Kurt Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1922
Place of death Frankfurt