Wolfgang Knöbl

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Wolfgang Knöbl (born June 11, 1963 ) is a German sociologist and director of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research .

Life

Wolfgang Knöbl studied sociology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and then worked from 1990 to 1995 as a research assistant to the sociologist Hans Joas at the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University of Berlin . In 1995 he received his doctorate there in sociology with Hans Joas with a thesis on "Police and rule in the modernization process: State formation and internal security in Prussia, England and America 1700-1914". In 2000 Knöbl also completed his habilitation at the Free University of Berlin with Hans Joas with a thesis on "Scope of Modernization: The End of Unambiguity".

In 2002 he was offered a professorship for sociology at the University of Göttingen . Knöbl had fellowships at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) and at the Max Weber College for Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt . In 1997 he was Theodor Heuss Lecturer at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Wolfgang Knöbl is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences .

On April 2, 2015, Knöbl took over the management of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, thus succeeding Jan Philipp Reemtsma , the founder and founder of the institute.

Since June 2017, Knöbl has been a part-time professor for political sociology and violence research at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg .

His research interests are the history of sociology, political sociology, the sociology of violence, social theory and theories of modernization.

Fonts (selection)

  • Displacement of war. A problem in the history of social theory. Together with Hans Joas. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008.
    • English edition: War in social thought: Hobbes to the present. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2012.
    • Chinese edition at East China Normal University Press, Shanghai 2017.
  • The contingency of modernity. Paths in Europe, Asia and America. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2007.
  • Social theory. Twenty introductory lectures. Together with Hans Joas. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-518-29269-2 .
    • English edition: Social theory. Twenty introductory lectures. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009.
  • Scope for modernization. The end of the uniqueness. Velbrück, Weilerswist 2001, ISBN 3-934730-43-4 .
  • Police and rule in the modernization process. State formation and internal security in Prussia, England and America 1700–1914. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-593-35965-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburg Institute for Social Research: Wolfgang Knöbl. Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ admin: Wolfgang Knöbl - Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Volker Albers, Matthias Gretzschel: Reemtsma successor: "I believe in the printed word" . ( Abendblatt.de [accessed on September 2, 2017]).
  4. ^ Reemtsma successor Wolfgang Knöbl - handover at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed on September 2, 2017]).
  5. ↑ https://idw-online.de/de/news677817
personal data
SURNAME Knöbl, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1963