German Sociological Association

The German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS) is a professional organization of social scientists in Germany. Established in Berlin on January 3, 1909, its founding members included Rudolf Goldscheid, Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel.[1] Its first president was Tönnies, who was forced out of office by the Nazi regime in 1933; his successor, Hans Freyer, attempted to reform the DGS on Nazi lines but ultimately decided to suspend its activities the following year.[2] The DGS was revived after World War II under the chairmanship of Leopold von Wiese in 1946, and has remained active since then, with about 3,200 members as of 2019.[3]

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  2. ^ Glatzer, Wolfgang (1995). "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) – die akademische soziologische Vereinigung seit 1909". In Schäfers, Bernhard (ed.). Soziologie in Deutschland. Entwicklung – Institutionalisierung und Berufsfelder – Theoretische Kontroversen. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. pp. 219–23. ISBN 978-3322959997.
  3. ^ Dörk, Uwe; Schnitzler, Sonja; Wierzock, Alexander. "Die Gründung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie vor 100 Jahren". Das Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (in German). Retrieved June 3, 2021.