The puzzles of a triumvir: Friedrich von Wieser as political economist and sociologist

This paper discusses the legacy of Austrian economist and economic sociologist Friedrich von Wieser (1851-1926) and shows a number of reasons why Wieser can be seen as an undeservedly underresearched scholar. His life and work are portrayed along five dimensions: the innovative social scientist (sec...

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Published in:The European journal of the history of economic thought 2019-09, Vol.26 (5), p.942-972
Main Author: Kolev, Stefan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Austrian School
Economic sociology
Economic theory
Economists
Friedrich von Wieser
Max Weber
Paradigms
Personal profiles
power
Socioeconomic factors
Sociologists
Sociology
Teachers
Weber, Max (1864-1920)
Wieser, Friedrich von (1851-1926)
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Summary:This paper discusses the legacy of Austrian economist and economic sociologist Friedrich von Wieser (1851-1926) and shows a number of reasons why Wieser can be seen as an undeservedly underresearched scholar. His life and work are portrayed along five dimensions: the innovative social scientist (section 2); the erector of the Austrian School in its formative decades (section 3); the synthesiser of socio-economic ideas (section 4); the teacher to whom scientific credit has been granted unfairly seldom (section 5); the connector to contemporaneous paradigms of economic sociology, especially the ones of Max Weber and Vilfredo Pareto (section 6).
ISSN:0967-2567
1469-5936
DOI:10.1080/09672567.2019.1634749