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Toward a Sociology of the State and War: Emil Lederer's Political Sociology*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

Daniel R. Huebner
Daniel R. Huebner*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago [huebner@uchicago.edu].
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Abstract

Although recognized for innovations in economics and economic sociology, Emil Lederer’s impressive contributions to political sociology have been almost completely ignored. Lederer wrote extensively on questions of practical and theoretical relevance for a sociological analysis of the state and war, especially in response to and anticipation of the World Wars of the last century. This article considers the elements of his political-sociological work in the context of the circumstances under which they developed and concludes with an attempt to construct an outline of the basic tenets of a sociology of the state and war derived from Lederer’s writings. This analysis highlights Lederer’s sensitivity to a dynamic understanding of the total social configuration and its impact on the individual psyche as central to explicating the characteristics of particular political-sociological phenomena.

Résumé

Reconnue en économie et en sociologie politique, l’œuvre d’Emil Lederer en sociologie politique est à peu près totalement oubliée. Il a pourtant beaucoup écrit sur l’État et la guerre en examinant la première guerre mondiale et en anticipant la seconde. L’article entend proposer les bases d’une sociologie des relations entre État et guerre dans la ligne de Lederer. L’intérêt fort qu’il a porté à l’impact évolutif de la configuration sociale globale sur le psychisme individual, apparaît central pour comprendre certains phénomènes politico-sociaux.

Zuzammenfassung

Emil Lederers Beiträge zur politischen Soziologie sind in Vergessenheit geraten, obwohl er für seine Neuerungen in der Wirtschaft und der Wirtschaftssoziologie bekannt war. Lederer hat sich mit dem Thema Staat und Krieg auseinandergesetzt, so in seiner Untersuchung des 1. Weltkriegs und seiner Vorahnung bezüglich des 2. Weltkriegs. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die politisch-soziologische Arbeit, die zeitgenössischen Umstände einbeziehend, und schließt mit einer Zusammenfassung der Ledererschen Staats- und Kriegssoziologie. Lederer’s Interesse am Einfluß der sozialen Gesamtlage auf das einzelne Individuum wird zum zentralen Element, um einzelne politische und soziologische Phänomene zu erklären

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , April 2008 , pp. 65 - 90
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Copyright © A.E.S. 2008

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