Hans Bosse
Hans Bosse (born 1938 in Wunstorf, Germany) is a German anthropologist, sociologist, and social psychologist. He is best known for his sociological and ethnological research on traditional societies of Papua New Guinea. Bosse has made various contributions to sociology, including on ethnopsychoanalysis, the socialization of violence, criticism of cultural imperialism, and reciprocity in different cultures. Early life and education. Hans Bosse was born in Wunstorf, near Hanover, in 1938. From 1959 to 1965, he studied theology and philosophy at Wuppertal and Berlin, as well as at the University of Göttingen, University of Tübingen, and University of Heidelberg. Bosse  graduated from the University of Heidelberg in 1968 with a doctorate in theology, and received a doctorate in sociology from the Free University of Berlin in 1975. He obtained his Habilitation in sociology at the Free University of Berlin. Career. Since 1976, Bosse has been Professor of Social Psychology and Sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, and was also a research group director at the Institute for Group Analysis (German: "Institut für Gruppenanalyse") in Heidelberg. 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. Since 1984, Bosse has 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, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. He has also done research on the concept of "Gruppenanalyse" (English: group analysis). Bosse has 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. Personal life. Hans Bosse married Jennifer Rachel Bearlin in 1966 in Melbourne, Australia. Their first daughter, Alexia Renee, was born in Hanover, Germany in 1968, and their second daughter, Francisca Bronwyn, was born in  1970 in the same city. Selected publications. Some of Bosse's publications include: