Ferdinand Tönnies — Unpublished notebooks

Ferdinand Tönnies (*1855 in Oldenswort; † 1936 in Kiel) was a German sociologist, economist and philosopher. He is considered the “father of sociology” in Germany. His estate is one of the most important and extensive that the Landesbibliothek has to offer. As a widely networked “cosmopolite”, Tönnies maintained contacts with internationally renowned scientists, e.g. Albert Einstein or Bertrand Russell. The handwritten notebooks of the sociologist are a special biographical characteristic of the estate. In 168 volumes, they rarely document the life and work of one of the most important thinkers of his time. They contain valuable socio-scientific and philosophical material, such as drafts on work manuscripts, empirical studies, content indications of books read, as well as comments about scientists with whom he was in contact. His notebooks were his “permanent companions.” They also give a deep insight into the researcher’s everyday culture with their shredded covers, numerous deletions, notepads and business cards — and span an extensive panorama from the Empire to the beginning of National Socialism. In a third-party funding project, Tönnies’ notebooks are currently fully digitised and accessed. Since they have not yet been published, they contain diverse and completely unknown material about Tönnies and his time. The image files are available in PDF format, the metadata in the corresponding Excel tables. The Excel tables “decrypt” the digitised notebooks according to basic data, provide content references and (partial) transcriptions and bring to light previously unpublished material. An overview of the provided notebooks can be found at the address: https://opendatarepo.lsh.uni-kiel.de/data/landesbibliothek/toennies/ToenniesUebersicht.csv费迪南德·滕尼斯（Ferdinand Tönnies），1855年生于奥登斯沃特，1936年卒于基尔，是德国社会学家、经济学家与哲学家，被视为德国"社会学之父"。其藏品乃是该州立图书馆馆藏中最为重要且体量最丰的藏品之一。作为人脉广博的世界主义学者，滕尼斯与阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦、伯特兰·罗素等国际顶尖学者保持着学术往来。 这位社会学家的手写笔记是其藏品中极具传记研究价值的特色藏品。这些笔记共计168卷，难得地记录了这位时代最重要思想家之一的生平与学术历程。其中藏有极具价值的社会科学与哲学资料，包括未刊手稿草稿、实证研究记录、所读书目内容提要，以及与他有学术往来的学者的相关评述。 这些笔记堪称滕尼斯的"恒久随身伴侣"。笔记封面破损、带有大量删改痕迹、附带便签与名片，不仅深度展现了这位研究者的日常学术风貌，更串联起从德意志帝国时期到纳粹主义兴起初期的广阔历史图景。 目前，在一项第三方资助项目的支持下，滕尼斯的全部手写笔记已完成数字化并对外开放获取。由于这些笔记尚未正式出版，其中包含大量关于滕尼斯及其所处时代的全新、从未公开的珍贵资料。图像文件以PDF格式提供，元数据则存储于对应的Excel表格中。这些Excel表格可依据基础信息对数字化笔记进行"解码"，提供内容关联索引与（部分）转录文本，揭露此前从未公开发表的学术资料。 可通过以下地址获取相关笔记的概览信息：https://opendatarepo.lsh.uni-kiel.de/data/landesbibliothek/toennies/ToenniesUebersicht.csv