German Sociological Association

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

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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

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1. ^ Pyyhtinen, Olli (2018). The Simmelian Legacy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 30\. ISBN 978-1137006646.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Vorsitzende der DGS". Das Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German). Retrieved June 3, 2021.

## External links

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* 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

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Books|

* Zur Geschichte der Handelsgesellschaften im Mittelalter (1889)
* Roman Agrarian History and Its Significance for Public and Private Law (1891)
* Condition of Farm Labour in Eastern Germany (1892)
* The Stock Exchange (1896)
* The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905)
* The Economic Ethics of the World Religions
* The Religion of China (1915)
* The Religion of India (1916)
* Ancient Judaism (1921)
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* "The 'Objectivity' of Knowledge in Social Science and Social Policy" (1904)
* "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism" (1904)
* "The Rejection and the Meaning of the World" (1916)

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* "Science as a Vocation" (1917)
* "Politics as a Vocation" (1919)
* General Economic History (1923)

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* Bureaucracy
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* Three-component theory of stratification
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People|

* Max Weber Sr. (father)
* Alfred Weber (brother)
* Marianne Weber (wife)

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* Verein für Socialpolitik
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