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From Republic of Scholars to Jamboree of Academic SociologistsThe German Sociological Society, 1909-99Philipps-Universität Marburg kaesler{at}mailer.uni-marburg.de In this article six crucial historical phases of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) are sketched out: (1) 1909-19, the end of the German Kaiserreich, the foundation phase of the DGS; (2) 1919-33, the Weimar Republic, the phase of academic institutionalization of German sociology; (3) 1933-45, during which National Socialism dominated the German academic system; (4) 1946-68, the postwar period during which different academic systems were established in the two German states; (5) 1968-89, when sociology in West Germany had its greatest quantitative expansion, while in East Germany Soziologie was slowly re-emerging; (6) the period since reunification, with the expansion of a West German conception of sociology to East German universities.
Key Words: German Sociological Society German sociology history of sociology
International Sociology, Vol. 17, No. 2,
159-177 (2002) This article has been cited by other articles:
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