Prof. Dr. Andreas Reckwitz

General Sociology | Prof. Reckwitz

Chair of Social Theory and Cultural Sociology

Biographical information | Publications

Contact

Email

Requests regarding newspaper contributions, media appearances, talks, cooperations
marie.rosenkranz (at) hu-berlin.de

Requests regarding teaching and exams
Secretary (Ulrike Ziebur): sekasowi (at) hu-berlin.de

Personal contact
andreas.reckwitz (at) hu-berlin.de

Mailing Address

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Social Theory and Cultural Sociology
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany

Office

Universitätsstraße 3b, room 321a
10117 Berlin

Leibniz Prize

In 2019, the German Research Foundation (DFG) awarded Andreas Reckwitz the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the most important research award in Germany.

Translated books

June 2021

The End of Illusions. Politics, Economy, and Culture in Late Modernity, Polity. (Abb.: © Polity)

German title: Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne, Suhrkamp 2019
further translations:
- into Spanish at Nola, Madrid
- into Chinese at Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP), Beijing
- into Chinese at Wu-Nan, Taipeh
- into French at Les éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Paris
- into Japenese at Jimbun Shoin, Kyoto
- into Danish at Reitzels, Copenhagen
- into Croatian at TIM Press, Zagreb
- into Greek at Alexandria, Athen

April 2020

German title: Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten . Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne, Suhrkamp 2017.
further translations:
- into Spanish at Katz, Buenos Aires
- into Chinese at Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP), Beijing;
- into French at Les éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Paris
- into Russian at Russische by Directmedia, Moskau
- into Corean at Saemulgyul, Seoul
- into Turkish at Tün Kitap, Ankara
- into Danish at Reitzels, Copenhagen
- into Slovenian at bei Krtina, Ljubljana
Bavarian Book Prize as best non-fiction book 2017
1st place in the ZDF/ Deutschlandfunk/ DIE ZEIT non-fiction bestseller list in November 2017
nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Non-Fiction Prize 2018
Award in the program "Geisteswissenschaften International" of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels) 2018

April 2017

German title: Die Erfindung der Kreativität. Zum Prozess gesellschaftlicher Ästhetisierung, Suhrkamp 2012.
further translations:
- into Spanish at La Catarata, Madrid
- into French at Presses du rèel, Dijon
- into Danish at Reitzels, Copenhagen;
- into Polish at Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Warsaw
- into Korean at Saemulgyul, Seoul
Award in the program "Geisteswissenschaften International" of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels) 2014