Hans Joas
Hans Joas | |
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Hans Joas (2014) | |
| Born | November 27, 1948 |
| Education | |
| Education | Free University of Berlin (PhD, 1979) |
| Thesis | Praktische Intersubjektivität: Die Entwicklung des Werkes von George Herbert Mead (1979) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Pragmatism |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Main interests | Social philosophy |
Hans Joas (/ˈjoʊɑːs/; German: [ˈjoːas]; born November 27, 1948) is a German sociologist and social theorist.
Since 2014, Hans Joas has been Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. From 2011 until 2014, he was a Permanent Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS); from 2002 until 2011, he was the Director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt. Since 2000, he has also been Visiting Professor of Sociology and Social Thought and a Member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Hans Joas is Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.