Hans Joas
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Hans Joas (/ˈjoʊæs/; German: [ˈjoːas]; born November 27, 1948) is a German sociologist and social theorist.
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Born | (1948-11-27) November 27, 1948 (age 75) |
Education | Free University of Berlin (PhD, 1979) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Pragmatism |
Thesis | Praktische Intersubjektivität: Die Entwicklung des Werkes von George Herbert Mead (1979) |
Main interests | Sociology |
Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor[1] for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. From 2011 until 2014 he was a Permanent Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS); from 2002 until 2011 he was the Director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt. Since 2000 he has also been Visiting Professor of Sociology and Social Thought and a Member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Hans Joas is Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.