Mapping Social Theory and Sociology

Ferdinand Tönnies

Dublin Core

Title

Ferdinand Tönnies

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1855

Birthplace

Oldenswort, Germany

Death Date

1936

Bibliography

Tönnies, F. (2014). Custom: An Essay on Social Codes (1st edition). Routledge. (Original work published in 1961). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203793930

Tönnies, F. (2002). Community and Society: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (C. P. Loomis, Trans). Dover Publications. (Original work published in 1887). 

Tönnies, F. (2001). Tönnies: Community and Civil Society (C. J. Harris, Trans). Cambridge University Press (Original work published in 1887). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816260

Tönnies, F. (2000). Ferdinand Tönnies on Public Opinion: Selections and Analyses (H. Hardt & S. Splichal, Trans.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 

Tönnies, F. (1905). The Present Problems of Social Structure. American Journal of Sociology, 10(5), 569–588. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2761955

Tonnies, F. (1891). The Prevention of Crime. International Journal of Ethics, 2(1), 51–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2375808

Secondary Text

Bond, N. (2024). Tönnies on the tension between community and society during the First World War. Journal of Classical Sociology, 24(4), 375–388. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241281832

Adair-Toteff, C. (2023). Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies. Routledge.

Presi, V. (2023). Custom in Action: Ferdinand Tönnies’ Ontology of the Normative. Phenomenology & Mind, 24, 192–203.


Extra Resources

A-S, Moreau. (2022). The art of connections at work. Philonomist. Accessed March 14, 2026. https://www.philonomist.com/en/article/art-connections-work

Citation

“Ferdinand Tönnies,” Mapping Social Theory and Sociology, accessed March 25, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mapping-social-theory-and-sociology/items/show/669.

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