Walter Sulzbach
Walter Sulzbach (born February 21, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main ; died April 17, 1969 in Kilchberg near Zurich ) was a German sociologist who devoted his research to political sociology in particular .
Life
Walter Sulzbach was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1889 as the son of Karl Sulzbach , co-owner of the Sulzbach Brothers banking house. Walter, who first joined his father's bank in 1922, studied economics , history and law in Grenoble , Munich , Berlin and Freiburg , where he also received his doctorate in 1911 . In 1914 he was captured by the British on a study trip through Africa and was interned until 1920. After his habilitation in 1921, he became a private lecturer at the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he held a non-civil servant professorship for sociology from 1930 until his dismissal in 1933. In 1937 he emigrated to the USA , where he taught from 1937 to 1945 as a professor of sociology at a college in Claremont (California) . Sulzbach returned in 1956 to his hometown Frankfurt am Main, at whose university he took over a full professor of sociology and political science. Since 1960 he lived in Switzerland .
Fonts (selection)
- The foundations of political party formation , Tübingen: Mohr, 1921 (also habilitation thesis)
- Prejudices and Instincts: An Inquiry into Racial Repulsion and Anti-Semitism , Berlin: Oesterheld & Co., 1923
- Concept and nature of the nation , 1923
- Racial Lineage and Anti-Semitism , 1923
- National sense of community and economic interest , Leipzig: CL Hirschfeld, 1929
- National Consciousness , 1943
- Imperialism and National Consciousness , Frankfurt am Main: Europäische Verlags-Anstalt, 1959
- The randomness of nations and the lack of content in international politics , Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 1969
literature
- Sven Papcke : Sulzbach, Walter. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (ed.): Biographical handbook of German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 2: Leichter branch. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 708-708.
- Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 1146
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Sulzbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Klemens Wittebur: The German Sociology in Exile, 1933-1945: a biographical cartography , Hamburg, 1991, p. 55
Individual evidence
- ^ M. Pohler-Funke: Sulzbach, Walter. In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 1, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1980, pp. 420 f.
- ^ Shareholder: Walter Sulzbach , p. 356, accessed on July 13, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sulzbach, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zul'cbach, Val'ter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th April 1969 |
| Place of death | Kilchberg near Zurich |