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I am glad you mention the important study "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" from the 1930ies. Arguably one of the most important works in sociology of the 20th century, but not widely known anymore afaik. I was just wondering the other day whether somebody is doing similar work today?
Btw, you may enjoy to look at dasrotewien.at/seite/di……
I am glad you mention the important study "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" from the 1930ies. Arguably one of the most important works in sociology of the 20th century, but not widely known anymore afaik. I was just wondering the other day whether somebody is doing similar work today?
Btw, you may enjoy to look at https://www.dasrotewien.at/seite/die-arbeitslosen-von-marienthal for more background (I guess you can get an automatic translation).
Thanks, I’ll look into it.
I thought if "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" are still known today, it would be in Vienna. So I asked a friend from Vienna. He told me that he learned about it at school, but would agree that this study has been largely forgotten by now. (Just an anecdote.)