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Werner Sombart and the 'Spirit' of Modern Capitalism

Rediscovering a Classic

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Authors:
  1. Christopher Adair-Toteff

    1. Center for Social and Political Thought, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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  • Focuses on Werner Sombart, a less-known scholar of modern capitalism
  • Shows how Sombart's ideas contrast with those of Max Weber
  • Offers close analysis of Sombart's key writings

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. “Why Read Sombart?”

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 1-13

  3. Werner Sombart and the “Spirit” of Modern Capitalism 1900–1910

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 15-54

  4. Sombart and Capitalism 1911–1915

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 55-95

  5. Der moderne Kapitalismus Revisions 1917–1928

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 97-131

  6. Sombart on Capitalism 1925–1932

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 133-162

  7. Conclusion: Read Sombart

    • Christopher Adair-Toteff
    Pages 163-165

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 167-175
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About this book

This book illuminates the work of Werner Sombart, a key contemporary of Max Weber, showing how his writing and thinking laid the groundwork for concepts of modern capitalism.

Although the notion of the ‘spirit’ of modern capitalism is most associated with Weber, it was Sombart who first used this phrase, with Weber focusing mainly on socioeconomics while Sombart continued to develop his ideas around modern capitalism. This book critically analyses Sombart’s groundbreaking work, “Der moderne Kapitalismus” among his other writings to demonstrate how they may be read as a complementary alternative to Weber, providing a more detailed, sustained, and a comprehensive account of the genesis and nature of modern capitalism.

This book will be of interest to a scholarly audience including students and researchers of the history of economic thought, as well as areas of sociology, politics, and political economy. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Social and Political Thought, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    Christopher Adair-Toteff

About the author

Christopher Adair-Toteff is a philosopher and social theorist who has concentrated on social-political and social-economic issues in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Germany. His recent books include Carl Schmitt on Law and Liberalism (Palgrave 2020), Max Weber's Path from Political Economy to Social Economics (Routledge 2021) and The Early Austrian School of Economics: Money, Value, Capital (Routledge 2022). He also published Fundamental Concepts in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion (Palgrave 2015).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Werner Sombart and the 'Spirit' of Modern Capitalism

  • Book Subtitle: Rediscovering a Classic

  • Authors: Christopher Adair-Toteff

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54423-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-54422-4Published: 19 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-54425-5Due: 19 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-54423-1Published: 18 March 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6470

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 175

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, European Economics, Economic History, Public Economics

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