The Ferdinand Tönnies Society (''Ferdinand-Tönnies-Gesellschaft e. V.'', FTG) was founded in 1956 in

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, Germany. Its main purpose is to further sociological research, especially on

Ferdinand Tönnies Ferdinand Tönnies (; 26 July 1855 – 9 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for distinguishing between two types of social gro ...

(1855–1936), the founder of German

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The society publishes an edition of Tönnies' complete works which has been reconstructed using the "

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" technique (''Ferdinand Tönnies Gesamtausgabe'', 24 vols., edited by

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( -2010),

Alexander Deichsel Alexander Deichsel (born 23 February 1935) is a German sociologist and professor at the University of Hamburg (Germany). Deichsel completed his abitur at the Christianeum Hamburg. He is the founder of sociology of brand ( Markensoziologie) and ...

, Cornelius Bickel, Rolf Fechner ( -2006,), Dieter Haselbach, Carsten Schlüter-Knauer, and Uwe Carstens (2006–2020); Berlin and New York,

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1998- ). The FTG also publishes the bi-annual ''Tönnies-Forum'' magazine. It also organizes publications and research conferences on sociological topics, namely the "Tönnies

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", which have so far taken place in

1980, 1983, and 1987, in

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2004, in Kiel 2005, in Paris 2007, in Husum 2011, 2013 and 2015, in Kiel 2019. Furthermore, the FTG owns the Ferdinand-Tönnies-Haus (a student residence) in Kiel and organizes as well public lectures on academic and political topics for the public. President is at present ince 2020Dieter Haselbach.

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FTG Homepage

Tönnies-Forum
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