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Capitalism as Hassliebe: Werner Sombart (1863–1941)
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 Hitler’s 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 16th–17th Centuries (Brill, 2023). He co-edited
Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th–18th Centuries: Collection of Essays of Marian Małowist (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 “Castrated and Completely Harmless” Marxism
4 Modern Capitalism or Histoire Raisonnée
5 Precursor: der Kapitalistische Geist According to Sombart
6 Sombart’s Jews, with Weber and Marx in the Background
7 Epilogue: “What Does Sombart Actually Want?”
Bibliography
Index
Werner Sombart, a great, forgotten figure of German economic history and historical sociology, an inventor of the concept of ‘spirit of capitalism’ 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.