Michaela von Freyhold

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Michaela von Freyhold (born Michaela von Alth) (born August 20, 1940 , † January 31, 2010 in Bremen ) was a German sociologist .

Life

Michaela von Alth, since 1964: Michaela von Freyhold, studied sociology in Frankfurt and Vienna from 1959 to 1965; her diploma thesis dealt with the theoretical requirements of the empirical study of social prejudices . From 1965 to 1968 she worked at the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research , then until 1970 as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Dar es Salaam , Tanzania . Her dissertation on Authoritarianism and Political Apathy was published in 1971 in the articles on sociology edited by Theodor W. Adorno and Ludwig von Friedeburg . In 1979 her main work, Ujamaa Villages in Tanzania: Analysis of a Social Experiment, was published .

From 1979 until her retirement, Michaela von Freyhold was Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen with a focus on developmental sociology. She headed the ENRO course (development policy with a focus on non-governmental organizations) (later renamed DENGO). Her students included Robert Kappel and the political scientist Elke Grawert .

After her retirement, she worked in Bremen for refugees from Africa and for malaria prevention in Africa.

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Her main work, published in 1979, dealt with the early phase of the social experiment of the Ujamaa villages in Tanzania and is judged by Tanzanian scientists to be a pioneering analysis:

“By far the best study of the early years of Ujamaa, based on careful fieldwork and observations in four villages in the Tanga region, but also classifying the events historically and politically - as she did in her lectures. She showed how young officials, on the orders of the government, did jobs they did not like in villages they understood little about. The case studies show that many villagers were willing to engage in the ujamaa experiment, but that they were repeatedly disappointed by the unkind actions of government officials or by the kind of help they had not asked for and which was not a priority for them. "

She later saw Schumpeter's "subject of development in Africa" in the export-oriented farmers and the active members of the informal sector, who had to overcome the limits of previous habits and traditions .

reviews

"The fact that Michaela von Freyhold, the expert on authoritarianism, was not intimidated by 'authorities' even personally", is evidenced by a quote from Adorno about his pupil in the obituary expressed by the Bremen Left : "Whether I can keep her is still." unsure, especially since I was last very annoyed about her cheek, which is in direct proportion to her quiet voice ... On the other hand, she is and will remain highly gifted. "

Fonts

  • Michaela von Freyhold: Authoritarianism and Political Apathy , European Publishing House, Frankfurt a. M. 1971.
  • Michaela von Freyhold: Ujamaa Villages in Tanzania: Analysis of a Social Experiment , Heinemann, London 1979.
  • Michaela von Freyhold: Universal primary education and education for self-reliance in Tanga , GTZ, Eschborn 1979.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ beginning and end. The Bremen sociologist Michaela von Freyhold died on January 31, 2010. An obituary.
  2. ↑ Edith Laudowicz (ed.): Fatima's daughters. Women in islam. PapyRossa, Cologne 1992 (= New Small Library. Volume 29), ISBN 3-89438-051-9 , p. 197.
  3. ↑ beginning and end. The Bremen sociologist Michaela von Freyhold died on January 31, 2010. An obituary.
  4. ↑ Obituaries: Michaela von Freyhold (translation from English)
  5. ^ Hans-Heinrich Bass, Innovation and creative destruction: the entrepreneur as the engine of development
  6. ↑ beginning and end. The Bremen sociologist Michaela von Freyhold died on January 31, 2010. An obituary.
  7. ^ Theodor W. Adorno and Lotte Tobisch: Der private Briefwechsel, Droschl 2003, p. 243
personal data
SURNAME Freyhold, Michaela von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alth, Michaela von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1940
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2010
Place of death Bremen