Alfred Lorenzer (

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, April 8, 1922 –

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, June 26, 2002) was a German

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and sociologist regarded as a pioneer of interdisciplinary

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. He integrated the psychological, the biological and the sociological dimension in the science of man, especially with regard to psychoanalytic theory.

References

* Olesen, Henning Salling, ed. (2013): "Cultural Analysis and In-Depth Hermeneutics." '' Historical Social Research'', Focus, 38, no. 2, pp. 7–157. * Leithäuser, Thomas (2013). "Psychoanalysis, Socialization and Society - The Psychoanalyticial Thought and Interpretation of Alfred Lorenzer." '' Historical Social Research'' 38, no. 2, pp. 56–70. * Olesen, Henning Salling and Kirsten Weber (2013): "Socialization, Language, and Scenic Understanding. Alfred Lorenzer's Contribution to a Psycho-Societal Methodology." '' Historical Social Research'' 38, no. 2, pp. 26–55.

External links

Tobias Schaffrik, The Work of Alfred Lorenzer
1922 births 2002 deaths German sociologists German male writers {{Germany-sociologist-stub