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(May 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist Othmar Spann Born (1878-10-01)1 October 1878 Altmannsdorf (Vienna) (Meidling), Vienna, Austria-Hungary Died 8 July 1950(1950-07-08) (aged 71) Neustift bei Schlaining, Austria Era 20th-century philosophy Region Western Philosophy Main interests Economics Social philosophy Political philosophy Notable ideas Corporate statism Influences Adam Müller Influenced Oskar Morgenstern Friedrich Hayek Eric Voegelin Herman Dooyeweerd Gottfried Haberler Othmar Spann (1 October 1878 – 8 July 1950) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist whose radical anti-liberal and anti-Socialist views, based on early 19th century Romantic ideas expressed by Adam Müller et al. and popularized in his books and lecture courses, helped antagonise political factions in Austria during the interwar years.[1] Contents 1 Early life 2 Activism 3 Notable students 4 Removal from teaching 5 Major works 6 Notes 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External links Early life[edit] Othmar Spann was the son of Josef Spann, a manufacturer and inventor. Spann grew up in Altmannsdorf, a suburban area of Vienna, Austria. Spann attended a Bürgerschule (citizen school) and graduated in 1898. After that he studied philosophy at the University of Vienna, followed by Political Sciences at the universities of Zürich, Bern. He received his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tübingen in 1903.[1] From 1904 to 1907, Spann worked for the "Center for Private Welfare Service" in Frankfurt am Main. He was responsible for empirical studies of this population of workers. By the end of 1904 Spann, along with Hermann Beck and Hanns Dorn founded a newspaper called "Critical Pages for the whole Social Sciences." In 1907, Spann wrote his "Habilitation in Political Economy" for the Hochschule in Brünn. From 1907 to 1909 he was given the position of "privatdozent" which allowed him to teach and collect fees from students. As early as 1908 Spann began working as the full-time imperial-royal vice-secretary of the statistic central commission in Vienna. He was given the position of creating a new census for Austria between 1909 and 1910. From 1914 to 1918, during the First World War, Spann was a first lieutenant of the reserve. He was injured during the Battle of Lemberg, (now Lviv in the Ukraine) on 27 August 1914. When he recovered he was first a commander of a company of Russian prisoners and then until later in 1918 he was given a position on the "scientific committee for wartime economy" with the war Ministry in Vienna.[citation needed] In 1919, Spann was appointed to a position at the University of Vienna, where he taught until 1938. Spann was popular with students, not only for his lectures which would spill out into the hallways at the University, but also for mid-summer festivals which he would hold in the woods where he would teach that "the ability to intuit essences was nurtured by jumping over the fire..." (Caldwell 2004, 138-9) Activism[edit] Part of a series on Conservatism Variants Cultural Fiscal Green Liberal Libertarian National Neo New Right One-nation Paleo Paternalistic Progressive Reactionary Social Traditionalist Concepts Familism Family values Private property Rule of law Communitarianism Civil Society Solidarity People Edmund Burke Joseph de Maistre Louis de Bonald François-René de Chateaubriand Samuel Taylor Coleridge Klemens von Metternich Adam Müller Benjamin Disraeli Michael Oakeshott Russell Kirk William F. Buckley George Will Roger Scruton Organizations Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe European People's Party International Democrat Union Religious conservatism Christian Democracy (in Europe) Christian right Christian fundamentalism Jewish right Islamic fundamentalism Traditionalist Catholic National variants Australia Canada China Colombia Germany Conservative Revolution State Socialism Hong Kong India New Zealand Pakistan Serbia South Korea Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States Related topics Aristocracy Capitalism Centre-right politics Corporatism Counter-revolutionary Fascism Liberalism Monarchism Neoliberalism Old Right (United States) Radical centrism Radical right Europe United States Reactionary Right-wing politics Toryism  Conservatism portal  Politics portal v t e Repeatedly, Spann tried to draw the ruling powers' attention to his authoritarian theory of a corporate state, which he thought should be introduced immediately for the benefit of all. In 1928, he joined the Militant League for German Culture. Around 1930, he also joined the Nazi Party. In 1933 the Austro-Hungarian social philosopher Karl Polanyi wrote that Spann had given Fascism its first comprehensive philosophical system,[2] and that his idea of anti-individualism[n 1] had become its guiding principle. Notable students[edit] Oskar Morgenstern Friedrich Hayek, winner of the 1974 Nobel prize Eric Voegelin Removal from teaching[edit] Although to a large degree in tune with the Zeitgeist, he repeatedly met with disapproval until, in 1938, right after the Anschluss, he was briefly imprisoned by the Nazis and eventually barred from his professorship at the University of Vienna, which he had held since 1919. Living as a recluse till the end of the war, Spann tried to get his university post back in 1945, aged 67. However, he was not allowed to resume his teaching and died in 1950, disappointed and embittered.[citation needed] Major works[edit] 1921: Der wahre Staat (The True State). Kategorienlehre (1924). Der Schöpfungsgang des Geistes (1928). Gesellschaftsphilosophie (1932). Naturphilosophie (1937). Religionsphilosophie auf geschichtlicher Grundlage (1947). Die Haupttheorien der Volkswirtschafts' Lehre (Heidelberg: Quelle & Meyer 1949). Notes[edit] ^ "Moral decay in Liberalism, cultural paralysis through Democracy, and final degradation by Socialism," are inevitable. Polanyi, K., "The Essence of Fascism" (1933-4, p. 362, n.1.). References[edit] ^ a b Haag, John J. (1966). Othmar Spann and the Ideology Austrian Corporate State (PDF). Houston: Rice University. Retrieved 29 July 2020. ^ Polanyi, Karl (1935). Lewis, John; Polanyi, Karl; Kitchin, Donald K. (eds.). "The Essence of Fascism". Christianity and the Social Revolution. London: Victor Gollancz Limited. pp. 359–394. Bibliography[edit] Caldwell, Bruce. Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek. The University of Chicago Press. 2004 Giovanni Franchi (a cura di), Othmar Spann. La scienza dell'intero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma 2012. ISBN 9788861348042 Sebastian Maaß, Dritter Weg und wahrer Staat. Othmar Spann - Ideengeber der Konservativen Revolution. Regin-Verlag, Kiel, 2010. External links[edit] Dooyeweerd, Spann, and the Philosophy of Totality A Historical Tour of the University of Vienna Anthony Carty: "Alfred Verdross and Othmar Spann: German Romantic Nationalism, National Socialism and International Law", European Journal of International Law Vol.6, No.1 (see also nationalism) Newspaper clippings about Othmar Spann in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW See also: Spann Authority control BIBSYS: 90174259 BNF: cb12359833b (data) GND: 118615904 ISNI: 0000 0001 1069 952X LCCN: n80089261 LNB: 000191982 MGP: 205562 NDL: 00526370 NKC: jn20000701682 NLI: 000604528 NLP: A28234303 NTA: 071302395 PLWABN: 9810618748305606 SNAC: w6b40mkc SUDOC: 03259934X Trove: 1527931 VIAF: 71468143 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n80089261 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Othmar_Spann&oldid=998508389" Categories: 1878 births 1950 deaths Writers from Vienna People from Meidling Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Nazis who served in World War I Austrian economists Austrian philosophers Austrian political scientists Militant League for German Culture members Hidden categories: Articles needing additional references from February 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles lacking in-text citations from May 2014 All articles lacking in-text citations Articles with multiple maintenance issues Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2020 Articles with unsourced statements from October 2009 Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with LNB identifiers Wikipedia articles with MGP identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLP identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Čeština Deutsch Français Italiano Македонски مصرى Polski Slovenčina Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 18:12 (UTC). 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