Ethnografie verfolgt den Auftrag, die vermeintliche Vertrautheit mit der sozialen Welt zu hinterfragen. Grenzziehungen zwischen gewohnt und ungewohnt können jedoch nicht von kursierenden Wissensbeständen getrennt werden. Der Band thematisiert die Spannung zwischen der Gewöhnlichkeit des Atypischen und dem Ungewöhnlichen des Gewohnten. 

This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality. Contrary to conventional assumptions, sociology experienced a dynamic phase of professionalisation and differentiation during this period, establishing itself both as an academic discipline and as a practice of societal self-reflection in a time of economic, political, social, and cultural upheaval.

This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality. Contrary to conventional assumptions, sociology experienced a dynamic phase of professionalisation and differentiation during this period, establishing itself both as an academic discipline and as a practice of societal self-reflection in a time of economic, political, social, and cultural upheaval.