Hans Bosse

Research From 1978 to 1985, Bosse performed sociological fieldwork at schools in Northwest Province, Cameroon. During that period, he also did research in London, Heidelberg, and Melbourne as a visiting fellow.

From 1984, Bosse performed sociological research in Papua New Guinea for many decades, including an in-depth study on "becoming a Papua New Guinean" at Passam National High School in Paliama, which is now part of Wewak Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Bosse also carried out research on the concept of group analysis .

Bosse made various contributions to sociology, including intercultural comparison on the socialization of violence in Africa and Papua New Guinea, and male willingness to use violence and its socialization in different cultures (see Freud's concept of sublimation); introduction of group analytical research into sociology; extension of ethnopsychoanalysis (see Paul Parin, known as the co-founder of ethnopsychoanalysis) to the study of ethnoanalysis; the connection between theology and sociology; criticism of cultural imperialism; and the reciprocity hypothesis, which states that societies are not only based on the exchange of goods or money, but also on prestige, reputation, art, objects of value, and so forth.

Affiliations German Society for Sociology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie) Association of German Scientists (Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler) German Working Group for Group Psychotherapy and Group Dynamics (Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik, or DAGG)

Selected publications Some of Bosse's publications include:

Bosse, Hans; Hamburger, Franz (1973). Friedenspädagogik und Dritte Welt. Voraussetzungen einer Didaktik des Konflikts. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln, Mainz. Bosse, Hans (1979). Diebe, Lügner, Faulenzer. Von Abhängigkeit und Verweigerung in der dritten Welt. Frankfurt/Main: Syndikat. Bosse, Hans (1994). Becoming a Papua New Guinean: A Report of a Sociologist's and Group Analyst's Research with Students At Passam National High School (NRI Discussion Paper, 78). National Research Institute. . Bosse, Hans (1997). "Kontinuität und Wandel in Männlichkeitskonstruktionen: Ein Modell biographischer Sinnbildung mit Fallmaterial aus Papua-Neuguinea". In K.-S. Rehberg (Hrsg.), Differenz und Integration: die Zukunft moderner Gesellschaften; Verhandlungen des 28. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie im Oktober 1996 in Dresden; Band 2: Sektionen, Arbeitsgruppen, Foren, Fedor-Stepun-Tagung (S. 79–83). Opladen: Westdt. Verl. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-139467 Bosse, Hans (2000). Männlichkeitsentwürfe: Wandlungen und Widerstände im Geschlechterverhältnis. Campus Verlag, 2000. Bosse, Hans; Vera King (2000) (eds.). Männlichkeitsentwürfe. Wandlungen und Widerstände im Geschlechterverhältnis. Frankfurt am Main: Campus. Bosse, Hans (2010). Der fremde Mann: Angst und Verlangen: gruppenanalytische Untersuchungen in Papua-Neuguinea: Psyche und Gesellschaft. Psychosozial-Verlag. . Bosse, Hans (1993). A Group's Bad Self in Papua New Guinea: A True Home in the Modern World? September 1, 1993 Research Article