Alfred Vierkandt

Alfred Vierkandt ( born June 4, 1867 in Hamburg, † April 24, 1953 in Berlin) was a German sociologist, anthropologist, social psychologist, social and philosopher of history.

Vierkandt studied at the University of Leipzig, mathematics, physics, geography and psychology and completed his habilitation in 1894 in Braunschweig. In 1909 he was among the founders of the German Society for Sociology. From 1913 to 1934 he was Professor of Sociology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin.

Works

  • Indigenous peoples and civilizations. A Contribution to Social Psychology ( 1896)
  • The continuity in cultural change. A sociological study ( 1908)
  • ( with Leopold Wenger et al ) General Constitutional and Administrative History ( 1911)
  • Balance of power and moral authority (1916 )
  • State and society in the present: An introduction to the civic thought and the political movement of our time (1916 )
  • Social Teaching: Main problems of philosophical sociology (1923 ) - 2nd umgearb. Edition (1928 )
  • The dualism in the modern world view (1923 )
  • The spiritual and moral content of the modern natural law (1927 )
  • General Constitutional and Administrative History ( 1928)
  • (Ed.) Handbook of Sociology ( 1931)
  • Family, nation and state in their social life processes: An introduction to the theory of society (1936 )
  • Small social studies (1949 )
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