Sociological Theory
Profile of the subject area
The Department of Sociological Theory is dedicated to the critical discussion, dissemination and further development of the discipline's broad inventory of social and societal theory. It is convinced that a sociological theory discourse that is limited to the interplay of different schools and paradigms falls short. Rather, this discourse is linked back to current social challenges and to the investigation of social processes of their collective and individual processing and is empirically grounded through participation in university research contexts. In line with the University of Kassel's strong focus on innovation and transfer, the further development of social science concepts and theories as tools of thought is to be interlinked with the reflection of design opportunities and the development of new approaches to solving social problems at different levels of social action. The social challenges to which the Department of Sociological Theory pays particular attention include issues of post-digital lifestyles, sustainability, global justice, digitalization and democracy.