11 Facts About Reinhard Bendix

Reinhard Bendix was a German-American sociologist.

Reinhard Bendix then taught for a year in the Sociology Department of the University of Colorado Boulder before moving to the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947 where he remained for the rest of his career.

In 1969 Bendix was elected President of the American Sociological Association.

Reinhard Bendix held guest professorships at numerous universities, including at Columbia University, St Catherine's and Nuffield Colleges at the University of Oxford, the Free University of Berlin, the University of Constance, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the University of Heidelberg.

Reinhard Bendix built bridges between American and European sociology, and regarded himself as a mediator.

Reinhard Bendix introduced to American sociologists a new perspective, the comparative-historical studies, moving beyond their local boundaries.

Reinhard Bendix argued that the constellations of legitimating ideas were not mere reflections of life conditions, or social structure, but independent and real forces.

Reinhard Bendix, who was deeply devoted to teaching, died in Berkeley, California, in 1991 of a heart attack shortly after conducting a graduate seminar together with a young colleague.

Reinhard Bendix was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.

Reinhard Bendix was a member of the American Philosophical Society and received honorary doctorates from the University of Leeds, Mannheim, and Gottingen.

Reinhard Bendix's Kings or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule is a comparative-historical work of great sweep.