Social Theorist

Karl Bücher

Sociology

Karl Bücher (1847 to 1930) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline. Born in the Hessian village of Kirberg, he took a doctorate in history and epigraphy at Bonn, worked as a teacher and liberal journalist, and held chairs at Dorpat, Basel and Karlsruhe before moving to Leipzig University, where he taught from 1892 to 1916. There he published Die Entstehung der Volkswirtschaft in 1893, his most important book and a foundational study of exchange and gift economies, and in 1896 Arbeit und Rhythmus on labour and rhythm. He edited the Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft for two decades and in 1916 founded the Institute for Newspaper Science at Leipzig University, the first of its kind in Europe, which began the academic study of media communication in Germany.

Facts
Birth Year
1847 1
Subfield
Economy 1
Connections

Associated With

Source Karl Bücher (Wikipedia)

Informed By

Source Encyclopedia.com: Bücher, Karl
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Karl Bücher (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Karl Wilhelm Bücher (16 February 1847, Kirberg, Hesse – 12 November 1930, Leipzig, Saxony) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
Sources
1. Karl Bücher (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, life dates
    Karl Wilhelm Bücher (16 February 1847, Kirberg, Hesse, 12 November 1930, Leipzig, Saxony) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
  • Lead, field
    Karl Wilhelm Bücher (16 February 1847, Kirberg, Hesse, 12 November 1930, Leipzig, Saxony) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
  • Lead, nationality
    Karl Wilhelm Bücher (16 February 1847, Kirberg, Hesse, 12 November 1930, Leipzig, Saxony) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
  • In Group: Economic Sociology, Lead
    Karl Wilhelm Bücher (16 February 1847, Kirberg, Hesse, 12 November 1930, Leipzig, Saxony) was a German economist, one of the founders of non-market economics, and the founder of journalism as an academic discipline.
  • Associated With: Leipzig University, Biography, later years
    His tenure at Leipzig University (1892-1916) was Bücher's most fruitful time.
View the Source
Encyclopedia.com: Bücher, Karl
Encyclopedia.comInformed By: Johann Karl Rodbertus, Biography, theory of stages
Quote, Informed By: Johann Karl Rodbertus, Biography, theory of stages
Bücher found the factual basis for his oikos in Johann Karl Rodbertus' interpretation of the gigantic slaveholdings of later Roman antiquity.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

Society and Culture Atlas

How People Live Together
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme