The German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS) is a professional organization of social scientists in Germany. Established in Berlin on January 3, 1909, its founding members included Rudolf Goldscheid, Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel.[1] Its first president was Tönnies, who was forced out of office by the Nazi regime in 1933; his successor, Hans Freyer, attempted to reform the DGS on Nazi lines but ultimately decided to suspend its activities the following year.[2] The DGS was revived after World War II under the chairmanship of Leopold von Wiese in 1946, and has remained active since then, with about 3,200 members as of 2019[update].[3]
Presidents and chairpersons edit
The following members have served as heads of the organization:[4][2]
- 1909–1933: Ferdinand Tönnies as president (Präsident)
- 1933: Werner Sombart, Leopold von Wiese, and Hans Freyer unconstitutionally as joint chairs (Vorsitzende)
- 1933–1934: Hans Freyer as chair; suspended the DGS in 1934
- 1946–1955: Leopold von Wiese; office titled president
- 1955–1959: Helmuth Plessner
- 1959–1963: Otto Stammer
- 1963–1967: Theodor W. Adorno
- 1967–1970: Ralf Dahrendorf; office titled chair
- 1970: Erwin K. Scheuch (interim chair)
- 1971–1974: M. Rainer Lepsius
- 1974–1978: Karl Martin Bolte
- 1979–1982: Joachim Matthes
- 1983–1986: Burkart Lutz
- 1987–1990: Wolfgang Zapf
- 1991–1992: Bernhard Schäfers
- 1993–1994: Lars Clausen
- 1995–1998: Stefan Hradil
- 1999–2002: Jutta Allmendinger
- 2003–2007: Karl-Siegbert Rehberg
- 2007–2011: Hans-Georg Soeffner
- 2011–2013: Martina Löw
- 2013–2017: Stephan Lessenich
- 2017–2019: Nicole Burzan
- 2019–2021: Birgit Blättel-Mink
- 2021–present: Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky
References edit
- ^ Pyyhtinen, Olli (2018). The Simmelian Legacy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 30. ISBN 978-1137006646.
- ^ a b Glatzer, Wolfgang (1995). "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) – die akademische soziologische Vereinigung seit 1909". In Schäfers, Bernhard (ed.). Soziologie in Deutschland. Entwicklung – Institutionalisierung und Berufsfelder – Theoretische Kontroversen. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. pp. 219–23. ISBN 978-3322959997.
- ^ Dörk, Uwe; Schnitzler, Sonja; Wierzock, Alexander. "Die Gründung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie vor 100 Jahren". Das Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German). Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "Vorsitzende der DGS". Das Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German). Retrieved June 3, 2021.
External links edit
- DGS - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German; cf. the history in: Geschichte)
- 33rd Congress of the DGS, The Nature of Society, “Die Natur der Gesellschaft“), 2006