- See also Leipzig school (psychology) , Leipzig school (art)
The Leipzig school was a branch of sociology developed by a group of academics led by philosopher and sociologist Hans Freyer at the University of Leipzig, Germany in the 1930s.
Freyer saw National Socialism as an opportunity for him; many of his followers were politically active Nazis. They included Arnold Gehlen, Gotthard Günther, Gunter Ipsen , Heinz Maus , Karl Heinz Pfeffer and Helmut Schelsky.
The National Socialist German Workers Party did not allow any competing ideologies to develop in universities; however, some of the Leipzig School group remained at the university until 1945. Their numbers declined as some emigrated (Günther) or made a career in the Third Reich (Maus), and before the war ended, Freyer himself left to take up a teaching position at the University of Budapest.
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Further reading
- Freyer/Gehlen/Schelsky (Die Leipziger Schule), article by Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, in Klassiker der Soziologie Bd.2, Beck´sche Reihe 1999. Published by Dirk Kaesler.
- Soziologische Denktraditionen Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, 2001. ISBN: 3518290266
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