Kurt Muhler

Kurt Mühler (* 1953 ) is a German sociologist .

Mühler did an apprenticeship with the Deutsche Reichsbahn and then studied sociology in Leipzig from 1973 to 1977 . In 1981, he was just there to forecast social change with a thesis on the methods doctorate , habilitation in 1987 with a study on the changes in life values in adulthood and is since 1992 Professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Leipzig .

His work focuses on theories of action , socialization theories and theories of deviant behavior .

Selected publications

• Socialization. A sociological introduction. Paderborn 2008.
• Socialization, conflict perception and regional identification. In: W. Fach u. W. Luutz (Ed.): Leipzig: 2005, pp. 193-206.
• The change in professional prestige in East Germany as a result of institutional changes. In: H. Ganzeboom u. S. Lindenberg (Ed.): Verklarende sociologie. Amsterdam 1996
• When are you German? Empirical results of a factorial survey. In: Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology 57, pp. 112-134 Michael Mäs, Kurt Mühler, Karl-Dieter Opp
• The crime fear paradox and gender vulnerability. In: Ilse Nagelschmidt, Britta Borrego and Uta Beyer (eds.): Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Gender Research II. Leipzig Gender Criticism Vol. 5, Frankfurt a. M., 2014, pp. 51-72. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Kurt Mühler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Employee website of the University of Leipzig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ People: Prof. Dr. Kurt Muhler. Retrieved May 15, 2017 (German).