Johann Plenge
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Johann Plenge was a German
sociologist
. He was professor of political economy at the University of Münster
. In his book 1789 and 1914 he contrasted the 'Ideas of 1789' (liberty) and the 'Ideas of 1914' (organisation). Plenge argued: "under the necessity of war socialist ideas have been driven into German economic life, its organisation has grown together into a new spirit, and so the assertion of our nation for mankind has given birth to the idea of 1914, the idea of German organisation, the national unity of state socialism".http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-820877-4.pdf
Germany
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sociologist
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. He was professor of political economy at the University of Münster
University of Münster
The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
. In his book 1789 and 1914 he contrasted the 'Ideas of 1789' (liberty) and the 'Ideas of 1914' (organisation). Plenge argued: "under the necessity of war socialist ideas have been driven into German economic life, its organisation has grown together into a new spirit, and so the assertion of our nation for mankind has given birth to the idea of 1914, the idea of German organisation, the national unity of state socialism".http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-820877-4.pdf
Books
- Westerwälder Hausierer und Hausgänger, Duncker & Humblot (= Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik 78), Leipzig 1898
- Gründung und Geschichte des Credit MobilierCredit MobilierCredit Mobilier may refer to:* Crédit Mobilier, a large French bank* Crédit Mobilier of America, an American railroad construction company setup by the Union Pacific Railroad to build the First Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s *...
. Zwei Kapitel aus Anlagebanken, eine Einleitung in die Theorie des Anlagebankgeschäftes, Laupp, Tübingen 1903 - Marx und Hegel, Laupp, Tübingen 1911
- Von der Diskontpolitik zur Herrschaft über den Geldmarkt, Springer, Berlin 1913
- Der Krieg und die Volkswirtschaft, Borgmeyer, Münster 1915
- 1789 und 1914: Die symbolischen Jahre in der Geschichte des politischen Geistes, Springer, Berlin 1916
- Die RevolutionRevolutionA revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...
ierung der Revolutionäre, Der Neue Geist, Leipzig 1918 - Zur Vertiefung des SozialismusSocialismSocialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
, Der Neue Geist, Leipzig 1919 - Die Altersreife des Abendlandes, Robert Kämmerer, Düsseldorf 1948
- Cogito ergo sumus. Ed. Hanns Linhardt, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964