Soziologie
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 Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973), German social philosopher. Photo courtesy of Marriot Huessy, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Fund | |
| Author | Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Subject | Social philosophy |
| Genre | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Kohlhammer Verlag |
Publication date | 1956-1958 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Pages | In 3 volumes, hardbound, about 1050 pages |
| ISBN | 3-89376-065-2 |
Soziologie is a 1956–1958 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.”[1] 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).[1] Peter Leithart writes on "The Relevance of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy" and his methods:[2]
It’s not only the scope that impresses, but the integration. There is a passionate religious impulse behind everything he wrote, and it’s all made immediately, existentially real. But he moves rapidly from the large movements of history down to individual and family experience.