Thorsten Benkel

Thorsten Benkel (born December 11, 1976 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German sociologist .

From 1999 to 2005 he studied sociology, psychology , philosophy and literature at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and in Helsinki . In 2007 she completed her doctorate with a thesis on reality and intersubjectivity . After working as a research assistant in the fields of theory formation and urban sociology in Frankfurt , Benkel moved to the University of Passau in 2013 , where he has been an academic adviser at the Philosophical Faculty since then .

In his research, Benkel mainly deals with topics such as microsociology, empirical social research , law, sexuality and death. In addition to numerous articles for various specialist journals, he has written or published several scientific books. Among other things, he is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal for Sexual Research, was an expert for the Bavarian State Parliament , wrote reports for the Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture, advised various commercial enterprises and was a peer-review reviewer for publications such as the Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology and the journal for legal sociology .

Benkel is well known for his ethnographic work in the context of prostitution , which he has studied in various large cities. In addition to his scientific work, he gained greater fame with the publication of two illustrated books on unusual tombstones. With the sociologist Matthias Meitzler he operates the website friedhofssoziologie.de .

Publications (selection)

• The future of death. Heterotopias of the end of life , Bielefeld 2016 (ed.), ISBN 978-3-8376-2992-7
• Game over. New unusual tombstones , Cologne 2016 (with Matthias Meitzler ), ISBN 978-3-462-04905-3
• Please let me lie down. Unusual tombstones. A journey through today's cemeteries , Cologne 2014 (with Matthias Meitzler ) (4th edition 2016), ISBN 978-3-462-04608-3
• Between life and death. Social scientific border crossings , Wiesbaden 2018 (Ed. With Matthias Meitzler ), ISBN 978-3-658-22277-2
• Sociology of Criminal Law , Stuttgart 2014 (Ed. With Rüdiger Lautmann ), ISSN 0174-0202
• The administration of death. Approaches to a Sociology of the Cemetery , Berlin 2012 (2nd edition 2013), ISBN 978-3-8325-3126-3
• The Frankfurt train station district. Devianz in public space , Wiesbaden 2010 (ed.), ISBN 978-3-531-16995-8
• Social dimensions of sexuality , Gießen 2010 (Ed. With Fehmi Akalin), ISBN 978-3-8379-2010-9
• Social world and fictionality. Ciphers of a Tension Relationship , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8300-3112-3
• The signatures of the real. Building blocks of a sociological topography of reality , Konstanz 2007, ISBN 978-3867640213

Web links

• Literature by Thorsten Benkel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website on cemetery sociology
• University of Passau: Thorsten Benkel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ And after the Oktoberfest in the brothel. Website of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Accessed December 31, 2017.
2. ↑ Last greeting: God, can you write that on your tombstone? Website of the world. Accessed December 31, 2017.