{"product_id":"modern-capitalism-volume-1-the-pre-capitalist-economy-a-systematic-historical-depiction-of-pan-european-economic-life-from-its-origins-to-the-pr-9780473496500","title":"Modern Capitalism - Volume 1: The Pre-Capitalist Economy: A systematic historical depiction of Pan-European economic life from its origins to the pr","description":"\u003cp\u003eWerner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003eand early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003ecenturies. The son of an industrialist, his academic career was hampered by his early reputation as a Marxist economist. However, Sombart in his own work reversed Marx's primacy of base over superstructure and emphasised the role of \u003cem\u003eGeist\u003c\/em\u003eor spirit. This focus on the psychological foundations of capitalism was to be a constant for Sombart throughout his career and became more pronounced after he became disillusioned with socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Weber himself, co-editor with Sombart and Edgar Jaff  of the important journal \u003cem\u003eArchiv f r Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik\u003c\/em\u003e, wrote the following in his most famous work: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn general I do not need specially to point out, although the following studies go back in their most important points of view to much older work, how much they owe in their development to the mere existence of Sombart's important works, with their pointed formulations and this even, perhaps especially, where they take a different road. Even those who feel themselves continually and decisively disagreeing with Sombart's views, and who reject many of his theses, have the duty to do so only after a thorough study of his work. (Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 198)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSombart's contribution to economic thought as one of the leading figures in the later German Historical School was extremely wide ranging. All of these contributions were brought together by Sombart in his \u003cem\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/em\u003e of some 3,000 pages (in 193 chapters): \u003cem\u003eDer moderne Kapitalismus: Historisch-systematische Darstellung des gesamt-europ ischen Wirtschaftslebens von seinen Anf ngen bis zur Gegenwart\u003c\/em\u003e, the first part of which - concerning pre-capitalist economic life - is translated into English for the first time in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e K a Nitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473496500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.92d","brand":"Werner Sombart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637645668508,"sku":"9780473496500","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6d04b0d5-32b0-432b-94b4-ec0d67cbe30c.jpg?v=1603845325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/modern-capitalism-volume-1-the-pre-capitalist-economy-a-systematic-historical-depiction-of-pan-european-economic-life-from-its-origins-to-the-pr-9780473496500","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}