Wolf Lepenies Born: 11-Jan-1941 Birthplace: Olsztyn, Poland
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Sociologist Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Melancholy and Society Scientific writer, biographer, and sociologist Wolf Lepenies is the former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, "a temporary learning community characterized by diversity of discipline, by internationality, and by interculturality". He is known for his writings exploring the bankruptcy of European intellectuals, and his book-length analysis of melancholy, Melancholie und Gesellschaft (Melancholy and Society). Wife: (married, three children)
University: PhD, University of Münster Scholar: Princeton University Teacher: Sociology, Free University of Berlin (1970-77) Teacher: Sociology, Maison Sciences de l'homme Paris (1977-79) Teacher: Institute for Advanced Study (1979-80) Professor: Sociology, Institute for Advanced Study (1982-84) Professor: Sociology, Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (1984-2006) Professor: Sociology, Free University of Berlin (1984-2006) Administrator: Director of Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (1986-2001) Scholar: Collège de France (1991-92) Professor: Sociology, Institute for Advanced Study (2002-04)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2006 French Legion of Honor
Author of books:
Melancholie und Gesellschaft (Melancholy and Society) (1969) Das Ende der Naturgeschichte (The End of Natural History) (1976) Geschichte der Soziologie (History of Sociology) (1981) Die drei Kulturen: Soziologie zwischen Literatur und Wissenschaft (Between Literature and Science: The Rise of Sociology) (1985) Folgen einer Unerhörten Begebenheit (Consequences of an Unbelievable Occurrence) (1992) Saint-Beuve: Auf der Schwelle zur Moderne (Sainte Beuve: On the Threshold of Modernism) (1997) Benimm und Erkenntnis (Behaviour and Realization) (1997) The Seduction of Culture in German History (2006) Kultur und Politik: Deutsche Geschichten (Culture and Politics: German Stories) (2006)
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