Helmut Staubmann

Helmut Staubmann (born March 7, 1956, in Judenburg) is an Austrian sociologist. He is professor for social theory and cultural sociology at the University of Innsbruck and Dean of the School of Political Science and Sociology of the University of Innsbruck. From 2013 to 2015, he served as President of the Austrian Sociological Association.

Helmut Staubmann has authored and edited several books on action theory in the Parsonian tradition. Together with Victor M. Lidz he is editor of the book series ''Studies in the Theory of Action''.

His cultural research focuses on questions of aesthetics and society. He edited and translated (with Alan Scott) Georg Simmel’s book on Rembrandt (Routledge 2005). His edited volume ''The Rolling Stones. Sociological Perspectives'' (Lexington 2013) is an important contribution to the sociology of music and popular culture. Provided by Wikipedia