Capitalism as Hassliebe: Werner Sombart (18631941)

Henryk Szlajfer is Professor Emeritus at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University. His publications include Economic Nationalism and Globalization: Lessons from Latin America and Central Europe (Brill, 2012) and Jews and New Christians in the Making of the Atlantic World in the 16th–17th Centuries (Brill, 2023). He co-edited Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th–18th Centuries: Collection of Essays of Marian Małowist (Brill, 2010).

• Relegated to Footnotes: an Introduction 1 Das Kapital and Engels in the Life of the German Professor 2 Extraordinarius and Social Democracy 3 Socialism-Friendly Bestseller as “Castrated and Completely Harmless” Marxism 4 Modern Capitalism or Histoire Raisonnée 5 Precursor: der Kapitalistische Geist According to Sombart 6 Sombart’s Jews, with Weber and Marx in the Background 7 Epilogue: “What Does Sombart Actually Want?” Bibliography Index