Stefan Breuer

Stefan Breuer, born in 1948 in Eisenach, studied in Mainz, Munich and Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1976 and completed his habilitation in 1982. From 1984/85 to 2005, he first taught political science in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg and subsequently sociology at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics. From 2005 to 2014, he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Hamburg. His research focused on the sociology of Max Weber, the political right in Europe, and the prehistoric origins of rule and statehood. He has been emeritus since 2014.