Presentation by Prof. Hans Joas (University of Erfurt, Germany) "Trauma and Human Dignity. The Experience of Violence and the Genesis of Values"

 
18.02.2014
 
University

Hans Joas heads the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (University of Erfurt, Germany) and is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Berlin. Prof. Joas serves on the editorial boards of the leading sociological journals and is the author of such books as «The Creativity of Action» (University of Chicago Press, 1996) and «The Genesis of Values» (University of Chicago Press, 2000). His numerous works dealt with different aspects of the sociological influence of US pragmatism, making him one of the most popular contemporary German social theorists.