Öffentliche Soziologie

Based on the American debate on ‘public sociology’, the term ‘öffentliche Soziologie’ has increasingly been incorporated into German-speaking sociology as of late. The aim of this specific form of sociology is to go beyond the discipline’s traditional parameters and impart its findings to a broader cross section of society. However, the German-speaking debate on this subject is by no means new; indeed, it was initiated by thinkers such as Theodor W. Adorno, Ralf Dahrendorf and Jürgen Habermas. This textbook thus collates a selection of essential source texts that address this subject. It is the first to document the German-speaking debate on ‘public sociology’ and its key concepts, and therefore provides students with a profound insight into this field.