Georg Elwert | |
|---|---|
 Georg Elwert, 2004 | |
| Born | 1 June 1947 Munich, Germany |
| Died | 31 March 2005 (aged 57) Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Title | Prof. Dr. |
| Spouse | Karola Elwert |
| Children | Felix and Sarah |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Thurnwald |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Institutions | |
Georg Elwert (born 1 June 1947 in Munich;died 31 March 2005 in Berlin) was a German ethnologist and sociologist who was one of the leading exponents of German development sociology.
Elwert studied ethnology and sociology at the University of Mainz and the Heidelberg University,where he received his doctorate in 1973. From the beginning he linked sociology with ethnology in the tradition of de:Lorenz Löffler,Richard Thurnwald and Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann. [1] In 1980 he habilitated at Bielefeld University,taught there as assistant professor and then at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and at Yale University in New Haven. Since 1985 he has been a professor of ethnology and social anthropology at the Free University of Berlin. Elwert was admitted to the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer,in Paris,as an associate member in 2004.
In his work on development cooperation,Elwert criticized the common reference to mere cultural differences,which obscures deeper socio-economic and political inequalities. In later works he dealt with corruption in post-colonial states and developed the concept of the commando state. From his preoccupation with ethnicity and ethnic conflicts,the analysis of violent conflicts developed into a broad new field of work with close links to the sociology of conflict,whereby he coined the term “markets of violence”(Gewaltmärkte). As a member of the Bielefeld development sociologists working group,Elwert made a significant contribution to the so-called "Bielefeld approach",which was trend-setting for German development sociology at the time. [2] In 1993 Elwert was co-founder of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities,three years later he became the editor in chief of the renowned journal Sociologus. [3]
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, or Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research". Since 1986, up to ten prizes have been awarded annually to individuals or research groups working at a research institution in Germany or at a German research institution abroad. It is considered the most important research award in Germany.
Helmut Reichelt is a German Marxian critic of political economy, sociologist and philosopher. Reichelt is one of the main authors of the “Neue Marx-Lektüre” and considered to be one of the most important theorists in the field of Marx's theory of value.
Lars Michael Clausen was a German sociologist and professor at the University of Kiel.
Wilhelm Heitmeyer is sociologist and professor of education specializing in socialisation. From 1996 to 2013 he headed the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) at Bielefeld University. Since retiring as director, he has held the position of Senior Research Professor at IKG.
Georg Stauth is a German sociologist of Islam. In his works he applies perspectives derived from Weber, Nietzsche and Foucault to an empirical and historically informed “Islamwissenschaft”.
Hubert Knoblauch is a German sociologist. He is known for his work on Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative research and Videography.
Dieter Rucht is a German sociologist. He is known for his contributions to the protest and social movement literature. Until his retirement in June 2011, he was co-director of the research group Civil Society, Citizenship, and Political Mobilization in Europe at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and honorary professor at the institute of sociology of the Free University of Berlin.
Wolfgang Zapf was a German sociologist.
Werner Bergmann is a German sociologist. He is Professor of Sociology at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin.
M. Rainer Lepsius was a German sociologist. A particular interest was in the work of Max Weber: he was prominent among the co-compilers of the (eventually) 47 volume edition of the Complete Works of Weber.
Heinrich Popitz was a German sociologist who worked towards a general sociological theory. Alongside thinkers like Helmut Schelsky, Hans Paul Bahrdt, Dieter Claessens, and others he was one of those sociologists in post-war Germany who founded their sociological reflections on insights from Philosophical Anthropology, thus creating an alternative to the then dominant paradigms of the Frankfurt School and Cologne School. His work revolves around the four central concepts power, norms, technology, and creativity.
Andreas Reckwitz is a German sociologist and cultural theorist. He is professor at the institute of social sciences at Humboldt University Berlin.
Georg Pfeffer was a German anthropologist. Born in 1943 in Berlin to a German sociologist father and a British mother, he was schooled in Hamburg. In 1959, he moved to Lahore with his family, and studied at the city's Forman Christian College for 3 years. Later, he moved back to Germany and studied at the University of Freiburg where he also completed his Ph.D.
Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann was a German ethnologist who served as Professor of Ethnology at the University of Mainz and Chair of Ethnology at the University of Heidelberg.
Hans Bosse was a German anthropologist, sociologist, and social psychologist. He is best known for his sociological and ethnological research on traditional societies of Papua New Guinea.
Erdmute Alber is a German ethnologist with research focus in political and kinship anthropology. Since 2010 she has held the chair in Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth.
Georg Franz Klute is a German ethnologist.
Katja Werthmann is a German ethnologist with a regional focus on West Africa. She is a professor for 'Society, politics and economy of Africa' at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Leipzig. K. Werthmann conducts research in Anglophone and Francophone Africa on the handling of material and symbolic resources in the context of spatial and social mobility in contemporary Africa. She has made contributions to political, economic, religious and urban ethnology. After the Doctorate at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Habilitation at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz she taught at universities in Germany, Switzerland (Zürich) and Sweden (Uppsala). Since 2012 she has been a university professor at the University of Leipzig.
Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen is a German ethnologist and sociologist. She has also lived in Mexico since 1966, first for study, then for research.
Johanna Kootz is a German librarian and sociologist. She was a pioneer of women's studies and advancement at Free University of Berlin. In 2004, she was awarded the Margherita von Brentano Prize for her life's work.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
