- Soziologie
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name = Soziologie
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image_caption =Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973), German social philosopher. Photo courtesy of Marriot Huessy, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Fund
author = Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
country = Germany
language = German
subject = Social philosophy
genre = Philosophy
publisher = W. Kohlhammer Verlag
pub_date = 1956-1958
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pages = In 3 volumes, hardbound, about 1050 pages
isbn = 3-89376-065-2" Soziologie " is a book by
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973), German social philosopher, addressing the spatial and temporal influences on “human life, language and associations. To Rosenstock-Huessy, speech is central to sociology; sociology must recognize that speech is the concrete form of social reality.”Citation
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accessdate = 2007-11-16] Although it is Rosenstock-Huessy’s most systematic work. his "Soziologie", has never been translated into English. It is a work that he revised periodically throughout his adult life. The book has two volumes, "Band I: Die Übermacht der Räume" (Volume 1: "Obsession with Spaces") and "Band II: Die Vollzahl der Zeiten" (Volume 2: "The Full Count of Times").Citation
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title =Soziologie
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accessdate = 2007-11-16] Peter Leithart writes on "The Relevance of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy" and his methods: [cite web
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title = The Relevance of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
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last = Leithart
first = Peter
date = June 28, 2007
work = First Things—The Journal of Religion, Culture and Public Life
publisher = First Things]Overview
The two volumes are in three parts. In Part 1, [Citation
last =Rosenstock
first =Eugen
title = Soziologie, Bd. 1, Die Übermacht der Räume
publisher = W. Kohlhammer Verlag
year =1956
location = Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln, Mainz
url = http://www.argobooks.org/german/soziologie.html] Rosenstock-Huessy addresses the areas of existence in which people confront serious life, such as marriage or service in war. “He says that important human experiences like these are created by human powers like enthusiasm, love, or faith. He then contrasts these life-changing, deeply rooted experiences in time and space with the abstract concepts, space and time. He sees these human powers as the concrete forces which create timespans, and so create and structure history.”Citation
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title =Soziologie
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url =http://www.argobooks.org/german/soziologie.html
accessdate = 2007-11-16] In Part 2, [Citation
last =Rosenstock
first =Eugen
title = Soziologie, Bd. 2, Die Vollzahl der Zeiten
publisher = W. Kohlhammer Verlag,
year =1958
location = Stuttgart
url = http://www.argobooks.org/german/soziologie.html] he treats history as one part of each person’s soul and thereby a major influence individuals’ actions. Recurring historical events and times constitute both people’s individual and combined experiences. In Part 3, he addresses people living together and how they create communities and social structures.Citation
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accessdate = 2007-11-16]References
External links
* [http://www.argobooks.org The official web site of the Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Fund and Argo Books] includes a [http://www.argobooks.org/biography.html biography] , accessed 20 March 2007
* The Norwich Center, Norwich, Vermont, maintains an internet site devoted to an introductory [http://members.valley.net/~transnat/erh.html biography and appreciation of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy] , signed by Clinton C. Gardner, President of the Norwich Center, accessed 20 March 2007
* [http://homepages.ipact.nl/~ottok/engelsindex.htm Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Gesellschaft]
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