AGSÖ, Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria, öge, Austrian Association for Exile Studies, and Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie – Sektion Geschichte der Soziologie (Web)
Time: 01.-02.07.2021
Venue: Institut für Soziologie, Rooseveltpl. 2, 1090 Vienna or virtual space
Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958) may be known to some as one of the co-authors of the famous study „The Authoritarian Personality“ by Theodor W. Adorno and others. However, as was the case with other Austrian sociologists such as Marie Jahoda and Maria Hertz Levinson, Else Frenkel-Brunswik’s role in empirical research remained seldom discussed in later reception. Along with their names, a specific influence was forgotten that had significantly shaped this research — a distinct combination of empirical sociology, (social) psychology and psychoanalysis that had emerged in Vienna in the period before World War II and was expelled during Austrofascism and Nazism.
The symposium invites international experts to explore the work of Else Frenkel-Brunswik, in particular her research on authoritarianism, and the legacy of this research for the social sciences today.
Programm
Thu., 01.07.2021
- 3.oo p.m.: Opening remarks
3.3o p.m.: Intellectual influences between Vienna and Berkeley: Continuities and ruptures
- Maria Czwik, University of Vienna: The Bühler students. The Vienna Institute for Psychology as reflected in dissertation projects
- Andreas Huber, IHS, Vienna: Professorial Sects and Student Riots. Antifeminism and Antisemitism at the University of Vienna in the Interwar period
- Christoph Reinprecht, University of Vienna: Else Frenkel-Brunswik’s fractured biography in exile
5.3o p.m.: Research on Authoritarianism in Exile
Registration: office@exilforschung.ac.at