Theodor M. Bardmann

Theodor M. Bardmann (* 1955 ) is a German sociologist , systems theorist and university professor . He is professor for media communication at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach and private lecturer for sociology at RWTH Aachen University .

Life

Theodor M. Bardmann studied sociology from 1975 to 1981 at the University of Bielefeld , and from 1978 to 1980 photo and film technology at the design department of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences . From 1982 to 1986 he was in free youth work for the city of Aachen. During his time in Bielefeld, Bardmann was a student of Niklas Luhmann .

In 1985 he received his doctorate at the Philosophical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University with the dissertation “Die misunderstandene Freizeit. Leisure time as a social time arrangement in the modern organizational society. ", 1994 the habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen with the habilitation thesis:" When work becomes waste. Establishing and dismantling organizational realities. "

Since 1994 he has worked as a professor for mass communication and social aspects of mass media in the social affairs department of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach, and since the same year as a private lecturer in sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy at RWTH Aachen University. He held visiting professorships at the University of Hildesheim and at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Vienna .

The focus of his scientific work is general system theory, systemic analysis, action and communication concepts, organizational sociology, media communication (with a focus on video and digital image processing technology).

Fonts (selection)

As an author

• The misunderstood free time. Leisure time as a social time arrangement in the modern organizational society . Enke, Stuttgart 1986 (also dissertation from 1985), ISBN 978-3-432-95441-7 .
• When work becomes waste. Establishing and dismantling organizational realities . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 978-3-518-28717-0 .
• Distinguish! Constructivist perspectives in theory and practice . Kersting, Aachen 1997, ISBN 978-3-928047-11-1 .
• Circular Positions, Vol. 1, Constructivism as a Practical Theory . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 978-3531129648 .
• Circular Positions, Vol.2, The Construction of the Media . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 978-3531132181
• The art of differentiation. An introduction to scientific thinking and working for social professions . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-08629-9 .

As editor

• The peppered piglet. Reader for social workers and other constructivists . 2nd edition, Kersting, Aachen 1992, ISBN 978-3-928047-04-3 .
• With Sandra Hansen: The Cybernetics of Social Work. A theoretical offer . Kersting, Aachen 1996, ISBN 978-3-928047-16-6 .
• With Dirk Baecker : "Does the Berlin Zoo still exist?" Memories of Niklas Luhmann . UVK, Konstanz 1999, ISBN 978-3-87940-696-8 .

Web links

• Theodor M. Bardmann at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
• Literature by and about Theodor M. Bardmann in the catalog of the German National Library