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Ferdinand Tönnies

1855 - 1936

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Ferdinand Tönnies (German: [ˈtœniːs]; 26 July 1855 – 8 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for distinguishing between two types of social groups, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (community and society). He co-founded the German Sociological Association together with Max Weber and Georg Simmel and many other founders. He was president of the society from 1909 to 1933, after which he was ousted for having criticized the Nazis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Tönnies is the 167th most popular philosopher (down from 158th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Germany (down from 246th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Philosopher.

Ferdinand Tönnies is most famous for his book Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, which he wrote in 1887. He is credited with the idea of "community" and "society."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 167 out of 1,267. Before him are Ibn Tufail, Oswald Spengler, Paul Ricœur, Herbert Marcuse, Athanasius Kircher, and Melissus of Samos. After him are Adi Shankara, Ernst Cassirer, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Xun Kuang, Jakob Böhme, and Thomas Reid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 2. Before him is Archduchess Sophie of Austria. After him are King C. Gillette, Andrew Mellon, Émile Verhaeren, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Liman von Sanders, John Browning, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Percival Lowell, Ernest Chausson, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. Among people deceased in 1936, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 13. Before him are Róbert Bárány, Grazia Deledda, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Luigi Pirandello, Lev Kamenev, and Oswald Spengler. After him are Grigory Zinoviev, Fuad I of Egypt, Charles Nicolle, Eleftherios Venizelos, Miguel de Unamuno, and Alexander Glazunov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 284 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), and Karl Weierstrass (1815). After him are Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Joachim Gauck (1940), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Walther Bothe (1891), Sepp Dietrich (1892), and Caroline Herschel (1750).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 29. Before him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Oswald Spengler (1880), Herbert Marcuse (1898), and Athanasius Kircher (1602). After him are Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743).

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