Helene Bauer in Vienna

Political Economy Between Two World Wars
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-74190-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 356, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Historical Materialism Book Series

The year is 1914—a highly unusual time for a Polish Jewish woman to leave her husband and children and relocate to Vienna. Yet Helene Gumplowitz Landau takes this bold step, driven by her unwavering passion for socialism and her love for Otto Bauer, a leading Austrian Marxist a decade her junior.

In the intellectual circles of Vienna's First Republic, Helene Bauer emerges as a prominent Marxist economist and social scientist. She becomes one of the first female economists to challenge the founding figures of neoliberalism, Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek. She critiques Otto Neurath for the flaws in his vision of a moneyless economy, confronts Ottmar Spann—Austria's foremost philosopher and ideologue of the fascist corporatist state—and is among the earliest voices warning that the Great Depression could fuel the rise of fascism.

Helene Bauer spent her final years in exile in the United States, her contributions largely forgotten in Austria’s Second Republic. Yet, a century later, her incisive analyses of the crises of her time remain strikingly relevant, offering profound insights into the challenges of today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Larise, Dunja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part 1 Helene Bauer: Life and Thought

1 Preface: The Remarkable Life of Helene Bauer

2 Turbulent History of First Austrian Republic and Austrian Social Democracy

3 Helene Bauer and Austrian School of Economics – On Methodology and Bias in Economics 1 The Problem of Attribution of Value in the Marginal Utility Theory 2 Against Ludwig Mises’ Scientific Apologetics of Privilege

4 Socialisation Project 1 Socialisation in Theory 2 Socialisation in Practice

5 Money, Economy and Otto Neurath

6 Imperialism

7 Crisis in World Economy 1 On the Crisis in World Economy and Fascism 2 On Fascist Economy

8 Marriage, Emancipation and Social Class

Part 2 Writings of Helene Bauer

9 Bourgeoise and Socialist Economic Theory 1926

10 Bankruptcy of Marginal Utility Theory 1924

11 Wealth Levy and Socialisation 1919

12 The Harmony of Interests 1923

13 Mr. Ottmar Spann’s Tablecloth Set Yourself 1922

14 Imperialism 1927

15 Accumulation, Credit, Imperialism 1927

16 Economic Upswing and Fascism 1936

17 Marriage and Social Stratification 1927

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dunja Larise, Ph.D. (1972), is an independent scholar based in Vienna. She has been a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sciences Po, a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, a EURIAS Fellow at CEU, and a Lecturer at the University of Vienna.