Dirk Kaesler

Dirk Kaesler (born 1944) is a sociologist. After earning his doctorate and habilitation at the University of Munich, he was Professor of General Sociology at the University of Hamburg from 1984 to 1995 and subsequently held a professorship at Philipps-Universität Marburg until his retirement in 2009. His research and publications focused on the sociology of science and religion, political sociology, and the history and theories of sociology. A particular focus of his work was on the discipline’s classical thinkers, especially Max Weber. Kaesler wrote the biography “Max Weber. Preuße, Denker, Muttersohn” (2014).