The German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS) is a professional organization of social scientists in Germany. Established in
Berlin on January 3, 1909, its founding members included
Rudolf Goldscheid,
Ferdinand Tönnies,
Max Weber, and
Georg Simmel.[1] Its first president was Tönnies, who was forced out of office by the
Nazi regime in 1933; his successor,
Hans Freyer, attempted to reform the DGS on Nazi lines but ultimately decided to suspend its activities the following year.[2] The DGS was revived after
World War II under the chairmanship of
Leopold von Wiese in 1946, and has remained active since then, with about 3,200 members as of 2019[update].[3]
Presidents and chairpersons
The following members have served as heads of the organization:[4][2]
^Pyyhtinen, Olli (2018). The Simmelian Legacy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 30.
ISBN978-1137006646.
^
abGlatzer, Wolfgang (1995). "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) – die akademische soziologische Vereinigung seit 1909". In Schäfers, Bernhard (ed.). Soziologie in Deutschland. Entwicklung – Institutionalisierung und Berufsfelder – Theoretische Kontroversen. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. pp. 219–23.
ISBN978-3322959997.