Helmut Wagner (sociologist)

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Helmut Wagner (5 August 1904- South Dennis, Massachusetts, 1989) was a German educationalist and sociologist active during the twentieth century. He was politically active in Thuringia opposing the rise of the Nazis. [1]

Helmut was born in Dresden on 5 August 1904. [2]

Published works

(1934): "Theses on Bolshevism"
(1939): "Bolshevism"
(1957): "The Cultural Sovietization of East Germany", Social Research , Winter 1957, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1957), pp. 395-426
(1983): Alfred Schutz: An Intellectual Biography, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.

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References

  1. Psathas, George; Bittner, Egon (1991). "In Memoriam: Helmut R. Wagner (1904-1989)". Human Studies. 14 (2/3): 225–227. ISSN   0163-8548 . Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. Bourrinet, Phillippe. "Biography of Helmut Wagner" . Retrieved 2 December 2023.