Richard Fritz Behrendt

Richard Fritz Behrendt (born February 6, 1908 in Gleiwitz , † October 17, 1972 in Basel ) was a German sociologist .

Life

Richard F. Behrendt was the son of a factory owner in Gliwice (now Gliwice, Poland). He studied at the Nuremberg Commercial College , then at the universities in Cologne and Basel ( habilitation there in 1931 ) and at the London School of Economics . From 1932 to 1934 freelance journalistic activity, then from 1935 to 1940 full professor for sociology and political economy at the University of Panama.

1940–53 teaching position at various American universities, consulting work in Peru , Guatemala , Puerto Rico and Panama , a. a. on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ) and the UN . 1953 extraordinary professorship for sociology and economic organization at the University of Bern , 1956 full professor, 1960 director of the Institute for Sociology and Socio-Economic Development Issues at the University of Bern. 1965–72 full professor of sociology at the Free University of Berlin .

Book publications (selection)

• Switzerland and Imperialism: The National Economy of the High Capitalist Small State in the Age of Political and Economic Nationalism , Rascher, 1932
• Political activism. An attempt at the sociology and psychology of politics , Hirschfeld, Leipzig 1932 (see: Daniel Siemens: Political violence as emotional satisfaction. Richard F. Behrendt's forgotten stroke of genius from 1932. In: Zeithistorische Forschungen 13 (2016), pp. 172– 178)
• Economic nationalism in Latin America , School of Inter-American Affairs, University of New Mexico, 1941
• Inter-American economic cooperation, problems, recent developments, and prospects , School of Inter-American Affairs, University of New Mexico, 1943
• Modern Latin America in social science literature , University of New Mexico Press, 1949
• The economic and social revolution in the undeveloped countries , H. Lang, 1954
• Structural changes in the Swiss economy and society , Stämpfli, 1962
• L'homme à la lumière de la sociologie , Payot, 1964
• Between anarchy and new orders , Rombach, Freiburg 1967
• Social strategy for developing countries , S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1965, ²1968
• The human being in the light of sociology , W. Kohlhammer, 1969
• Praise of the West , Verlag der Arche, 1971

literature

• Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 71
• Paul Trappe: Behrendt, Richard Fritz Walter. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (Hrsg.): Biographical manual of the German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Adler – Lehmann. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 38-41.

Web links

• Literature by and about Richard Fritz Behrendt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Richard Fritz Behrendt in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Behrendt at the Latin American Institute of the Free University of Berlin (1965-1972)
• Markus Zürcher: Richard Fritz Behrendt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin: Witness literature online. ZS 3007, Behrendt, Richard F. (PDF file; 818 kB). First version of the interview Stock with Behrendt on June 26, 1972, undated, concerning Jewish emigration, Switzerland.