Leopold von Wiese wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Leopold von Wiese as German sociologist and economist (1876-1969).
Leopold von Wiese was born at Kłodzko in 1876. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Around the turn of the twentieth century philosophy split into traditions that largely stopped reading one another.
His academic posts were held at University of Cologne, Leibniz University Hannover and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
His principal work is Die Gesamtentwicklung der deutschen Industrie und ihre Bedeutung in der Weltwirtschaft. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Leopold von Wiese died in 1969, aged 93. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Notable work: Die Gesamtentwicklung der deutschen Industrie und ihre Bedeutung in der Weltwirtschaft
- Held posts at University of Cologne, Leibniz University Hannover and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
