Uta Gerhardt

Uta Gerhardt (born 11 June 1938 in Zella-Mehlis, Germany) is a German sociologist 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, structural-functionalist role theory, and general sociological theory. She also wrote a major biography of Talcott Parsons.

Uta Gerhardt
Born	(1938-06-11) June 11, 1938 Zella-Mehlis, Germany
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Konstanz
Academic work
Main interests	German sociology

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

Selected works

Books

• Gerhardt, Uta (1971). Rollenanalyse als kritische Soziologie; ein konzeptueller Rahmen zur empirischen und methodologischen Begründung einer Theorie der Vergesellschaftung (in German). Berlin, Germany: Neuwied. OCLC 1950340.
• Gerhardt, Uta (1986). Patientenkarrieren: eine medizinsoziologische Studie (in German). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Suhrkamp. ISBN 9783518113257.
• Gerhardt, Uta (1991). Gesellschaft und Gesundheit: Begründung der Medizinsoziologie (in German). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Suhrkamp. ISBN 9783518285701.
• Gerhardt, Uta (1998). German sociology. New York, New York: Continuum. ISBN 9780826409591.
• Gerhardt, Uta (1999). Herz und Handlungsrationalität: biographische Verläufe nach koronarer Bypass-Operation zwischen Beruf und Berentung: eine idealtypenanalytische Studie (in German). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Suhrkamp. ISBN 9783518289846.
• Gerhardt, Uta (2001). Idealtypus: zur methodologischen Begründung der modernen Soziologie (in German). Frankfurt, Germany: Suhrkamp. ISBN 9783518291429.
• Gerhardt, Uta (2005). Soziologie der Stunde Null: zur Gesellschaftskonzeption des amerikanischen Besatzungsregimes in Deutschland 1944-1945/1946 (in German). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Suhrkamp. ISBN 9783518293683.

Journal articles

• Gerhardt, Uta (2001). "Social policy and motherhood: the case of East and West Germany". Travail, Genre et Sociétés. 2 (6). La Découverte: 59–81. doi:10.3917/tgs.006.0059.59-81&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info:doi/10.3917/tgs.006.0059&rft.aulast=Gerhardt&rft.aufirst=Uta&rft_id=http://www.cairn-int.info/abstract-E_TGS_006_0059--social-policy-and-motherhood-the-case.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Uta Gerhardt" class="Z3988">
• Gerhardt, Uta (2008). "Modernity and sociology". Sociétés. 3 (101). De Boeck Supérieur: 35–47. doi:10.3917/soc.101.0035.35-47&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:doi/10.3917/soc.101.0035&rft.aulast=Gerhardt&rft.aufirst=Uta&rft_id=http://www.cairn-int.info/abstract-E_SOC_101_0035--modernity-and-sociology.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Uta Gerhardt" class="Z3988">

External links

• Personal homepage in German and English, with complete bibliography
• Gerhardt's page at the University of Heidelberg (link not active as of 12 Sept 2013)