Y. Michal Bodemann
| Y. Michal Bodemann | |
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| Born |
Yark Michal Bodemann 9 March 1944 |
| Residence | Germany, Canada |
| Nationality | German/Canadian |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | European and Western sociology |
| School | Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Chicago School of Sociology |
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Main interests
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German Jewry, Jewish Diaspora, memory, |
Y. Michal Bodemann is Professor Emeritus, sociologist, best known for his work on German Jewry, the concept of ideological labor (1991) and his contributions to sociological praxis, interventive field work, in particular his interventive observation method in qualitative fieldwork. In the approach to interventive observation, Bodemann emphasizes the reciprocal nature of intervention or active participation, against the allegedly passive or neutral note taking of the observer. Bodemann's theoretical foundation continues to be influential against the positivist notions of objectivity, which still persist in the field of sociology and in the approach to qualitative methods. His methodological approach relates to the work of Michael Burawoy and notions of public sociology. Bodemann is well known for his contributions to Jewish studies and studies of praxis. He is the author and editor of an exemplary number of books, newspaper and academic articles spanning the entirety of his academic career.
Y. Michal Bodemann was born on March 9, 1944. His early childhood he spent in the Bavarian Alps where his father, an artist, had withdrawn as part of a community of writers and artists. Bodemann completed gymnasium in Korntal near Stuttgart. He began his studies at the universities of Munich, Heidelberg and Mannheim. In 1966 he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he continued his studies in sociology and literature at Brandeis University. Bodemann completed his PhD. at Brandeis University in 1979.
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