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It is noted that Berlin, Germany, has not had an easy relationship with the discipline of sociology. It is difficult to maintain the necessary balance between social engagement & neutral distancing in a city that has been the stage for so many sensitive historical high & low points. Although numerous renowned German sociologists are closely associated with Berlin, eg, Georg Simmel & Max Weber, the city has never been the center of German work in this discipline. Thus, Berlin's brand of sociology is diverse & dispersed. The post-WWII division of Germany is viewed as being the cause of the inability or disinterest on the part of Berliners to examine their own sociological situation: whereas West German citizens were in a position (emotionally as well as geographically) to be more objective, the people who inhabited the island territory of Berlin were extremely affected by the reality of their situation. The theme of sociological research in Berlin is explored in detail in a four-volume work by Harold Hurwitz entitled Demokratie und Antikomunismus in Berlin nach 1945 ([Democracy and Anticommunism in Berlin after 1945] Cologne: Verlag Wissenschaft & Politik, 1983-1990), which is outlined here. W. Levin