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Hans Joas

Hans Joas

Corresponding Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences abroad since 2011

  • Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

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Research Areas:

  • Sociology
  • General sociology
  • Sociology of religion
  • Social philosophy

Profile:

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Selected Memberships:

  • Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
  • Committee on Social Thought
  • Academia Europaea

Selected Prizes:

  • Bielefelder Wissenschaftspreis (Niklas-Luhmann-Preis)
  • Dr. h. c. der Universität Tübingen
  • Dr. h. c. der Universität Uppsala
  • Dr. h.c. Peter-Pezmanyi-Universität Budapest
  • Max-Planck-Forschungspreis

Selected Publications:

  • Joas, Hans; Knöbl, Wolfgang (2013) War in Social Thought. Hobbes to the Present.; Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press (325 Seiten).
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  • Joas, Hans (2013) The Sacredness of the Person. A New Genealogy of Human Rights.; Washington: Georgetown Univ. Press (219 Seiten).
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  • Joas, Hans; Knöbl, Wolfgang (2009) Social Theory. Twenty Introductory Lectures.; Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press (605 Seiten).
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  • Joas, Hans (2000) The Genesis of Values.; Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press (250 Seiten).
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  • Joas, Hans (2021) The Power of the Sacred. An Alternative to the Narrative of Disenchantment“. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 390 Seiten.
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