Rüdiger Lautmann
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Rüdiger Lautmann is a German
Germany
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 sociologist and one of the most prominent LGBT scholars in Germany.

Biography

Born in Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...

, Lautmann lived during his childhood in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
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, where he went to school. He studied first German law. After he finished his law studies, he started a second study in sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

. Lautmann worked after university studies first in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

 and then in Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...

 (for Niklas Luhmann
Niklas Luhmann
Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in sociological systems theory.-Biography:...

). In 1971 he became then professor in sociology at University of Bremen
University of Bremen
The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...

. In 2001 Lautmann retired as professor.

In 2005 Lautmann married his friend in Hamburg
Hamburg
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. There he leads the Institut für Sicherheits- und Präventionsforschung. In 2009, he moved to Berlin
Berlin
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.

Works by Lautmann, in German (Examples)

  • Die Funktion des Rechts in der modernen Gesellschaft. (together with Werner Maihofer and Helmut Schelsky): Jahrbuch für Rechtssoziologie und Rechtstheorie, First Ed., Bielefeld: Bertelsmann. 1970.
  • Die Polizei. Soziologische Studien und Forschungsberichte, (together with Johannes Feest): Opladen. 1971.
  • Justiz – die stille Gewalt. Teilnehmende Beobachtung und entscheidungssoziologische Analyse. Frankfurt/Main 1972.
  • Lexikon zur Soziologie. (together with Werner Fuchs
    Werner Fuchs
    Werner Fuchs was a German football player and trainer.-Playing career:The centre forward began his professional career in 1967 with a professional contract at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where is older brother Fritz also played professionally...

    ). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 1973; 3. Ed. 1994. ISBN 3-53111-417-4; 4. Ed. 2002/2003.
  • Sozialwissenschaftliche Studien zur Homosexualität. Berlin: Verlag rosa Winkel. 1980 to 1997.
  • Der Zwang zur Tugend. Die gesellschaftliche Kontrolle der Sexualitäten. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp. 1984.
  • Das pornographierte Begehren. (with Michael Schetsche). Frankfurt/New York 1990.
  • Homosexualität. Handbuch der Theorie- und Forschungsgeschichte, Frankfurt/Main: Campus. 1993.
  • Die Lust am Kind. Portrait des Pädophilen, Hamburg: Ingrid Klein Verlag GmbH. 1994. ISBN 3-89521-015-3
  • Nationalsozialistischer Terror gegen Homosexuelle. Verdrängt und ungesühnt. (together with Burkhard Jellonnek): Paderborn: Schöningh. 2002. ISBN 3-50674-204-3

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