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| Born | June 11, 1938 |
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| Alma mater | University of Konstanz |
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| Main interests | German sociology |
Uta Gerhardt (born 11 June 1938 in Zella-Mehlis,Germany) is a German sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of Heidelberg. She studied sociology,philosophy and history at the universities of Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. In 1969,she obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz. The focus of her work is on medical sociology,structural-functionalist role theory,and general sociological theory. She also wrote a major biography of Talcott Parsons.
Uta Gerhardt is not to be confused with the feminist German sociologist Ute Gerhard.
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