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Ferdinand Tönnies (German:; 26 July 1855 – 9 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies , best known for distinguishing between two types of social groups , Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft ( community and society ).
The field of sociology proper is thought of by T6nnies as com- prising three main divisions which are to be differentiated from each other on a logical basis as follows: (i) pure sociology, which is constructive or theoretical, (2) applied sociology, which is de- ductive, and (3) empirical sociology, which is inductive.
the fashion of German students of those days) at the universities of Jena, Erlangen, Leipzig, Bonn, and Berlin, receiving his doctorate of philosophy at Tiibingen at the age of twenty-one. He was married in i894 to Friulein Marie Sinck, having three sons and two daughters born of the union, one of whom is the wife of Dr. Rudolph
Sociologist and economist Ferdinand Tönnies published the classic text Community and Civil Society in 1887. In the featured sections, Tönnies describes the characteristics of a community or a society. According to Tönnies, in a community, people are united on the basis of personal relationships. In a society, on the other hand, people are ...
Modern German sociology bears many traces of the influence of the various academic disciplines from which the present generation of German sociologist were recruited. It reflects the current philosophical thought of the various schools. One of the most important and influential figures of today is Tonnies, who was greatly influenced by Hobbes. Spencer, and Sir Henry Maine. His most important ...
- Louis Wirth
- 1926
Community and Civil Society. Ferdinand Tönnies’s Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in ) is. . a classic of social and political theory in the later-modern period. It focuses on the universally endemic clash between small-scale, kinship and neigh-bourhood-based ‘communities’ and large-scale competitive market ‘soci-eties’.
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Nov 14, 2022 · Tönnies, Ferdinand, 1855-1936. Publication date 1974 Topics Social sciences -- History, Sociology, Sociology -- Germany -- History Publisher New York : Harper & Row
