Uta Gerhardt is a German sociologist

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...

 and professor emeritus at the University of Heidelberg.
She studied sociology, philosophy and history at the universities of Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. In 1969, she obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz. The focus of her work is on medical sociology, role theory, and general sociological theory. She also wrote a major biography of Talcott Parsons

Talcott Parsons

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Uta Gerhardt is not to be confused with the feminist German sociologist Ute Gerhard.

Selected works

• Rollenanalyse als kritische Soziologie. 1971.
• Patientenkarrieren. 1985.
• Gesellschaft und Gesundheit. 1991.
• Herz und Handlungsrationalität. 1999.
• Idealtypus
  Ideal type
  Ideal type , also known as pure type, is a typological term most closely associated with antipositivist sociologist Max Weber . For Weber, the conduct of social science depends upon the construction of hypothetical concepts in the abstract...
  
  . Zur methodischen Begründung der modernen Soziologie. 2001.
• Soziologie der Stunde Null
  Stunde Null
  Stunde Null is the German language equivalent of "zero hour", a military planning term indicating the beginning of some operation or event. Historically, Stunde Null specifically refers to the capitulation of the Nazi government on May 8, 1945, at midnight, marking the end of World War II in Germany...
  
  . Zur Gesellschaftskonzeption des amerikanischen Besatzungsregimes in Deutschland 1944-1945/1946. 2005.

External links

• Gerhardt's page at the University of Heidelberg