History

The author of this volume examines the historical development and popularization of the ideological concept of the Volksgemeinschaft. This is a process of scientification, which the author describes using the examples of sociology, history, economics, demography, psychology, and geography. Its result is an ideologically based construct of knowledge determined by volkisch questions: the Volksgemeinschaft. The ContentIdeology and scienceUpdating/modernization of the volkisch ideologyHans Freyer's sociology of the volkisch society&quote;German folk and cultural soil&quote; - cultural space researchVolkische race research - dismissible or undeniable (people and/or race)Volkische sciencesVolk/Volksgemeinschaft - political catchword for an ideologically based knowledge constructThe Target groupsLecturers, students and practitioners from the fields ofSociologyPolitical scienceHistoryCultural studiesPsychology, human medicine, population scienceCultural studiesLawEconomicsJournalismThe AuthorDr. Dieter Gessner is a journalist and historian.