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Encyclopedia > Leipzig school (sociology)

The Leipzig school was a branch of sociology developed by a group of academics led by philosopher and sociologist Hans Freyer at the University of Leipzig, Germany in the 1930s. Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Hans Freyer, born July 31, 1887 in Leipzig, died January 18, 1969 in Ebersteinburg near Wiesbaden, was an important, controversial conservative German sociologist and philosopher. ... The University of Leipzig is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...


Freyer saw National Socialism as an opportunity for him; many of his followers were politically active Nazis. They included Arnold Gehlen, Gotthard Günther, Gunter Ipsen, Heinz Maus, Karl Heinz Pfeffer, and Helmut Schelsky. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Arnold Gehlen (January 29, 1904 - January 30, 1976) was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist. ... Gotthard Günther (also Gunther, Guenther), June 15, 1900 - November 29, 1984, was a German philosopher. ... Helmut Schelsky, (b. ...


The National Socialist German Workers Party did not allow any competing ideologies to develop in universities; however, some of the Leipzig School group remained at the university until 1945. Their numbers declined as some emigrated (Günther) or made a career in the Third Reich (Gehlen, Ipsen, Pfeffer), and before the war ended, Freyer himself left to take up a teaching position at the University of Budapest. The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... This article is about Eötvös Loránd University, which is often referred to as University of Budapest. ...


External link

  • Dr. Elfriede Üner, sociologist -- key areas of research: Leipzig School / Hans Freyer

Further reading

  • Freyer/Gehlen/Schelsky (Die Leipziger Schule), article by Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, in Klassiker der Soziologie Bd.2, Beck´sche Reihe 1999. Published by Dirk Kaesler.
  • Soziologische Denktraditionen Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, 2001. ISBN 3518290266

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