Richard Fritz Behrendt

Richard Fritz Behrendt ( born February 6, 1908 in Gliwice, † October 17, 1972 in Basel ) was a German sociologist.

Life

Richard F. Behrendt was the son of a factory owner in Gleiwitz (now Gliwice, Poland). He studied at the Graduate School of Nuremberg, then at the universities of Cologne and Basel ( 1931 Habilitation there ) and at the London School of Economics. From 1932 to 1934 free journalism, then 1935-40 Associate Professor of Sociology and economics at the University of Panama.

1940-53 taught at various American universities, consultant in Peru, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Panama, and others, on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the UN. 1953 associate professor of sociology and economic organization at the University of Bern, 1956 Professor, 1960 Director of the Institute of Sociology and Socio-economic Development Studies of the University of Bern. 1965-72 Associate Professor of Sociology at the Free University of Berlin.

Book publications (selection)

  • Switzerland and Imperialism: The Economics of the highly capitalist small state in the era of political and economic nationalism, Rascher, 1932
  • Political activism. An attempt to sociology and psychology of politics, Hirschfeld, Leipzig 1932
  • Economic nationalism in Latin America, School of Inter-American Affairs, University of New Mexico, 1941
  • Inter- American economic cooperation, problems, recent developments, and prospects, School of Inter- American Affairs, University of New Mexico, 1943
  • Modern Latin America in social science literature, University of New Mexico Press, 1949
  • The economic and social revolution in the undeveloped countries, H. Lang, 1954
  • Structural changes of the Swiss economy and society, Stämpfli, 1962
  • L' homme à la lumière de la sociologie, Payot, 1964
  • Between anarchy and new orders, Rombach, Freiburg 1967
  • Social Strategy for Developing Countries, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1965 ² 1968
  • The man in the light of sociology, W. Kohlhammer, 1969
  • Praise of the West, publisher of the Ark, 1971
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