Lujo Brentano
Lujo Brentano | |
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| Born | 18 December 1844 |
| Died | 9 September 1931(aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen(Ph.D.) Trinity College Dublin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economist |
| Institutions | University of Munich |
| Doctoral advisor | Adolph Wagner(Habitilation) Johann von Helferich(Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral students | Theodor Heuss Robert René Kuczynski Werner Hegemann Fukuda Tokuzō Hans Ehrenberg |
Lujo[1]Brentano(/brɛnˈtɑːnoʊ/;German:[bʁɛnˈtaːno];18 December 1844 – 9 September 1931) was an eminent Germaneconomistand social reformer.
Biography
[edit]Lujo Brentano, born inAschaffenburginto a distinguished German Catholic intellectual family (originally ofItaliandescent),[2]attendedschoolinAugsburgandAschaffenburg.He studied inDublin(Trinity College),Münster,Munich,Heidelberg(doctorate in law),Würzburg,Göttingen(doctorate in economics), and Berlin (habilitationin economics, 1871).
He was a professor ofeconomicsand state sciences at theuniversitiesofBreslau,Strasbourg,Vienna,Leipzig,and most importantly, Munich (1891–1914). WithErnst Engel,the statistician, he made an investigation of theEnglishtrade unions.[3]
In 1872, he became involved in an extended dispute withKarl MarxandFriedrich Engels.Brentano accused Marx of falsifying a quotation from an 1863 speech byWilliam Gladstone.[4]
In 1914, he signed theManifesto of the Ninety-Three.After therevolution of November 1918,he served in minister-presidentKurt Eisner's government of thePeople's State of Bavariaas People's Commissar (Minister) for Trade, but only for some days in December 1918.[citation needed]
Brentano died in Munich in 1931, aged 86.[citation needed]
Legacy
[edit]Brentano was aKathedersozialist,a professor advocating social reform, and a founding member of theVerein für Socialpolitik.His influence on thesocial market economy,and on many Germans who would be leaders just after the end ofWorld War II,can hardly be overrated. He also influenced later economists, such as his doctoral studentArthur Salz.
Bibliography
[edit]- Brentano, Lujo (1871–72).Die Arbeitergilden der Gegenwart.2 vols., Leipzig: Duncker und Humblot. (English:On the History and Development of Gilds and the Origins of Trade Unions.1870.)
- Brentano, Lujo (1901).Ethik und Volkswirtschaft in der Geschichte. November 1901.München: Wolf.
- Brentano, Lujo (1910). "The Doctrine of Malthus and the Increase of Population During the Last Decades."Economic Journalvol.20(79), pp. 371–93.
- Brentano, Lujo (1923).Der wirtschaftende Mensch in der Geschichte.Leipzig: Meiner. Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 200ß.
- Brentano, Lujo (1924).Wege zur Verständigung - Der Judenhass.Berlin, Philo Verlag und Buchhandlung
- Brentano, Lujo (1927–29).Eine Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Englands.4 vols., Jena: Gustav Fischer.
- Brentano, Lujo (1929).Das Wirtschaftsleben der antiken Welt.Jena: Fischer.
- Brentano, Lujo (1931).Mein Leben im Kampf um die soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands.Jena: Diederichs. Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 2004.
- Brentano, Lujo (1924).Konkrete Bedingungen der Volkswirtschaft.Leipzig: Meiner. 1924. Reprint Marburg: Metropols, 2003.
- Brentano, Lujo (1877–1924).Der tätige Mensch und die Wissenschaft von der Wirtschaft.Reprint Marburg: Metropolis, 2006.
- Essays, including "The Industrialist".[5]
- Antonio Russo, La rivoluzione intellettuale di Franz Brentano, Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2022.
See also
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References
[edit]- '^It is often mistakenly claimed that Brentano was called Ludwig Joseph, and that "Lujo" was a kind of nickname or contraction. This is incorrect; while he was given his name after aLudwigand aJoseph,Lujo was his real and legalfirst name.(See his autobiography,Mein Leben im Kampf um die soziale Entwicklung Deutschlands,p. 18.)
- ^Lujo Brentano was the son of the writerChristian Brentano,nephew of writersClemens BrentanoandBettina von Arnim,two major figures in the romantic movement in German literature, and the brother ofFranz Brentano,a philosopher whose students includedEdmund Husserl,Alexius MeinongandSigmund Freud,among others.
- ^Gilman, D. C.;Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905)..New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^Friedrich Engels,In the Case of Brentano vs. Marx - Regarding Alleged Faslifications of Quotation: The Story and Documents.(1891)
- ^Rudolf Steiner,Education as a Force for Social Change,Anthroposophic Press, 1997, Lecture 1 (Dornach / 9 August 1919): "I recently mentioned the example of the famous professor Lujo Brentano, a leading modern economist in Middle Europe who recently wrote an article entitled “The Industrialist.” In it he develops three characteristics of an industrialist. "
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