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Werner Sombart
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1863-01-19 ) 19 January 1863, Ermsleben , Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 18 May 1941 (1941-05-18) (aged 78), Berlin , Nazi Germany
- Known for
- Coining the terms " late capitalism " and " creative destruction "
- Fields
- Economics , sociology , history
- Institutions
- University of Breslau , Handelshochschule Berlin , Friedrich Wilhelm University
- Doctoral advisor
- Gustav von Schmoller , Adolph Wagner
- Doctoral students
- Wassily Leontief , Richard Löwenthal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Werner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Child
- Nicolaus Sombart
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- University of Wrocław
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Adolph Wagner
- Student of
- Gustav von Schmoller
- Field of work
- economic history
- Movement
- Conservative Revolution
- Image
- Nicola Perscheid - Werner Sombart vor 1930.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Werner Sombart
- date of birth
- 1863-01-19
- date of death
- 1941-05-18
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- name in native language
- Werner Sombart
- place of burial
- Waldfriedhof Dahlem
- influenced by
- Max Weber
- Commons Creator page
- Werner Sombart
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Encyclopedic overview
Werner Sombart (/ˈvɜːrnər ˈzɒmbɑːrt/; German: [ˈzɔmbaʁt]; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. The term "late capitalism" is accredited to him. The concept of "creative destruction" associated with capitalism is also of his coinage.
His magnum opus was Der moderne Kapitalismus. It was published in three volumes from 1902 through 1927. In Kapitalismus he described four stages in the development of capitalism from its earliest iteration as it evolved out of feudalism, which he called proto-capitalism to early, high and, finally, late capitalism – Spätkapitalismus – in the post World War I period.
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