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Capitalism as Hassliebe: Werner Sombart (1863â1941)
Six Essays with an Introduction
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 322
Author:
Werner Sombart, seen both as a path-breaking innovative economic historian who invented the concept of the Spätkapitalismus (Late Capitalism) and the follower (for some time) of Hitlerâs National Socialism, is still a forgotten major figure in German social science. As the author of a widely known exposition on socialism and social movements (trade unions), the monumental Der moderne Kapitalismus and a controversial monograph on the role of the Jews in the birth of capitalism, he is shown in this book in the broader context of the disputes in the first decades of the 20th century involving Marxists, German Jews and his friend Max Weber.
Henryk Szlajfer, Professor Emeritus, Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University. His publications include Economic Nationalism and Globalization: Lessons from Latin America and Central Europe (Brill, 2012) and Jews and New Christians in the Making of the Atlantic World in the 16thâ17th Centuries (Brill, 2023). He co-edited Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13thâ18th Centuries: Collection of Essays of Marian MaÅowist (Brill, 2010).
Relegated to Footnotes: an Introduction
1 Das Kapital and Engels in the Life of the German Professor
2 Extraordinarius and Social Democracy
3 Socialism-Friendly Bestseller as âCastrated and Completely Harmlessâ Marxism
4 Modern Capitalism or Histoire Raisonnée
5 Precursor: der Kapitalistische Geist According to Sombart
6 Sombartâs Jews, with Weber and Marx in the Background
7 Epilogue: âWhat Does Sombart Actually Want?â
Bibliography
Index
Werner Sombart, a great, forgotten figure of German economic history and historical sociology, an inventor of the concept of âspirit of capitalismâ and Late Capitalism, a friend of Max Weber and his polemicist, should be of interest to anyone interested in the history of German and European social thought in the 20th century.