Hans Joas

Author of The Creativity of Action

About the Author

Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin and Professor of Sociology and Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

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Works by Hans Joas

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The Creativity of Action (1992) 49 copies, 1 review

The Genesis of Values (1997) 48 copies

Social Theory: Twenty Introductory Lectures (2004) 42 copies

The Sacredness of the Person: A New Genealogy of Human Rights (2011) 37 copies

Pragmatism and Social Theory (1992) 29 copies

Communicative Action: Essays on Jürgen Habermas's The Theory of Communicative Action (1986) — Editor — 28 copies

The Power of the Sacred: An Alternative to the Narrative of Disenchantment (2017) 25 copies, 1 review

G.H. Mead: A Contemporary Re-Examination of His Thought (1985) 21 copies

Do we need religion? : on the experience of self-transcendence (2004) 19 copies

Faith as an Option: Possible Futures for Christianity (Cultural Memory in the Present) (2012) 19 copies

War in social thought: Hobbes to the present (2008) 17 copies

War and Modernity: Studies in the History of Violence in the 20th Century (2000) 15 copies, 1 review

Die kulturellen Werte Europas (2005) 12 copies

The Timeliness of George Herbert Mead (2016) 11 copies

Praktische Intersubjektivität. Die Entwicklung des Werkes von George Herbert Mead. (1980) 11 copies

Säkularisierung und die Weltreligionen (2007) 7 copies

Lehrbuch der Soziologie (2001) 6 copies

Sind die Menschenrechte westlich? (2015) 5 copies

Why the Church?: Self-Optimization or Community of Faith (Cultural Memory in the Present) (2024) 4 copies

Der Ursprung Der Religion: Vom Palaolithikum Bis Zur Achsenzeit (2021) 4 copies

Under the Spell of Freedom: Theory of Religion after Hegel and Nietzsche (2024) 3 copies

Machtpolitischer Realismus und pazifistische Utopie Krieg und Frieden in der Geschichte der Sozialwissenschaften (1989) 3 copies

Creativity, Action and Values: Towards a Social Theory of Contingency (2002) 3 copies

The Oxford handbook of Émile Durkheim (2020) 3 copies

Begriffene Geschichte: Beiträge zum Werk Reinhart Kosellecks (2011) 2 copies

The Benefit of Broad Horizons: Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science (International Comparative Social Studies) (2010) 2 copies

Beyond the Separation of Church and State? 1 copy

Waarom kerk? 1 copy

Antisemitismus. Eine Rebellion gegen Transzendenz: [Was bedeutet das alles?] – Die Geschichte des Judenhasses und seine Aktualität – Erläuterungen; ... – 14784 (Reclams… 1 copy

The Axial Age and Its Consequences 1 copy

Perché la chiesa? miglioramento di sé versus comunità di fede (2024) 1 copy

Pourquoi l'Église ?: L'idéal chrétien et son expression sociale (French Edition) 1 copy

Die gegenwärtige Lage der soziologischen Rollentheorie (1978) 1 copy

The Varieties of Transcendence: Pragmatism and the Theory of Religion (American Philosophy) (2016) 1 copy

Universalismus: Weltherrschaft und Menschheitsethos | Das Hauptwerk des großen Soziologen zur Globalgeschichte von Religion und politischer Macht (2025) 1 copy

Warum Kirche? Selbstoptimierung oder Glaubensgemeinschaft (2022) 1 copy

Zusammenbruch der DDR. (1993) 1 copy

Abbiamo bisogno della religione? (2010) 1 copy

Gewalt in den USA. (1994) 1 copy

Beten bei Nebel: Hat der Glaube eine Zukunft? (2018) 1 copy

Indes. Zeitschrift für politik und gesellschaft / Heft 01, Kirchen (2017) 1 copy

Schriftenreihe der Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung ; Bd. 513 Die kulturellen Werte Europas 1 copy

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Warum Lesen: Mindestens 24 Gründe (Bibliothek Suhrkamp) (2020) — Composer — 9 copies

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Canonical name: Joas, Hans
Birthdate: 1948-11-27
Gender: male
Nationality: Germany
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Associated Place (for map): Munich, Germany

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rory1000 40 reviews

War and Modernity: Studies in the History of Violence in the 20th Century by Hans Joas

Readable and essential for the student of International Relations that wishes to distinguish themselves from their peers.

Hans Joas has produced a fine piece of work here.

Jul 4, 2011 (Edited)

filbo_2024 3,569 reviews

El poder de lo sagrado: Una alternativa al relato del desencantamiento by Hans Joas