Otthein Rammstedt
Otto-Heinrich "Otthein" Rammstedt (born January 26, 1938 in Dortmund , † January 27, 2020 in Mannheim ) was a German sociologist .
Life
Rammstedt studied with the Simmel student Gottfried Salomon-Delatour as well as with Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer in Frankfurt am Main and with Helmut Schelsky in Münster , where he conducted a historical-sociological study of the Anabaptist sect as a social movement for Dr . phil. received his doctorate. First he worked as assistant to Niklas Luhmann at the social research center at the University of Münster in Dortmund, and from 1968 at the University of Bielefeld . In 1980 he was appointed to a professorship for “Sociology, in particular the history of sociology and social philosophy”. In 2003 he retired there.
During this time he mainly researched the topics of new social movements, in particular the environmental and peace movement as well as the question of citizen participation. In 1969, Rammtedt published the classics of anarchism.
He was the lead editor of the 24-volume complete edition of Georg Simmel's works , which he completed in 2018. He began his systematic work on Simmel in 1982.
Rammstedt's best-known work is the historical study of German sociology 1933-1945 . This work contributed to the discussion about the existence of a sociology under National Socialism , but was criticized by prominent experts because of methodological deficiencies. His essay on the everyday consciousness of time has been widely cited.
Rammstedt is the father of the writer and musician Tilman Rammstedt (* 1975). Rammstedt's wife died in 2018.
Publications (selection)
- Sect and social movement , Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1966 (study of the Anabaptists in Münster )
- 'Anarchism' basic texts on the theory and practice of violence , VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 1969, ISBN 978-3-322-96112-9
- Relations of violence and the impotence of criticism - With contributions by Klaus Horn, Niklas Luhmann, Wolf-Dieter Narr, Otthein Rammstedt and Kurt Röttgers, edition suhrkamp 1974, ISBN 978-3-518-10775-1
- Social Movement , Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1978, ISBN 3-518-10844-1
- German sociology 1933-1945. The normality of an adjustment , Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-518-28181-X
- Lead editors , with Werner Fuchs (-Heinritz) , Rolf Klima , Rüdiger Lautmann , Hanns Wienold : Lexicon for Sociology , [first edition 1973], 4th edition, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531- 15573-9
- (Editor) Georg Simmel - Complete edition in 24 volumes , Suhrkamp 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-07294-3
literature
- J. Hohmeier: Rammstedt, Otthein , in: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.), Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 2, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1984
- Jürgen Kaube : On the death of Otthein Rammstedt. Wealth of Ideas , February 3, 2020, online at faz.net .
- Johan Schloemann : Otthein Rammstedt died , January 29, 2020, online at sueddeutsche.de .
- Cécile Rol: Otthein Rammstedt. An obituary , published on February 1, 2020 at sozioplis.de online at soziopolis.de .
Individual proof
- ↑ On the death of Otthein Rammstedt. Suhrkamp Verlag, January 28, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Johan Schloemann: Otthein Rammstedt died. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Especially in a polemical review by René König : Sociology in Germany, Founder / Despiser / Advocate . Hanser, Munich 1987, pp. 388 ff., 392 ff .; but also by M. Rainer Lepsius in an interview with Adalbert Hepp and Martina Löw (eds.): M. Rainer Lepsius. Sociology as a Profession. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2008, p. 36 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rammstedt, Otthein |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rammstedt, Otto-Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |