Stefan Breuer

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Stefan Breuer
Born (1948-12-09) 9 December 1948 (age 76)
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversities of Mainz, Munich and Berlin
OccupationSociologist

Stefan Breuer (born 9 December 1948) is a German sociologist who specializes in the writings of Max Weber and the German political right between 1871 and 1945. [1]

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Life and career

Born in 1948, Breuer studied political science, history and philosophy at the universities of Mainz, Munich and Berlin. Between 1974 and 1984, he was an assistant researcher in political science at Leibniz University Hannover. Since 1984, he has been professor of sociology at the University of Hamburg, and since 2014 a professor emeritus. [2]

Along with Dirk Kaesler, Johannes Weiß and Wolfgang Schluchter, he is one of the most distinguished German experts on Max Weber's writings. He is also known for his works on the political right in Germany between 1871 and 1945, and criticised Armin Mohler's construct of the "Conservative Revolution". [3]

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References

  1. "Stefan Breuer". Trivium. Revue franco-allemande de sciences humaines et sociales - Deutsch-französische Zeitschrift für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (in French). 2010-12-01. ISSN   1963-1820.
  2. "Prof. Dr. Stefan Breuer : Personen : Universität Hamburg". www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. Merlio, Gilbert. "Y a-t-il eu une « Révolution conservatrice » sous la République de Weimar ?", Revue Française d'Histoire des Idées Politiques, vol. 17, no. 1, 2003, pp. 123-127. (read online)