Wilhelm Röpke on Liberalism, Culture, and Economic Development

Nils Goldschmidt () and Julian Dörr ()
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Nils Goldschmidt: University of Siegen
Julian Dörr: University of Siegen

A chapter in Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966), 2018, pp 203-217 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Goldschmidt and Dörr claim that Wilhelm Röpke’s “cultural pessimism” is not merely a diagnosis of his time but that it can also provide guidance to economics today. His observations regarding the interconnectedness of economic development and culture demonstrated the importance of social processes for economics. Goldschmidt and Dörr highlight the societal structures to which Röpke conferred importance for economic development, connecting this assessment to his views of a sustainable liberalism as an occidental cultural ideal. In addition to Röpke’s apologetics for Western culture, as exemplified by studying his attitude to South African apartheid, approaches to a culturally sensitive view of other regions can also be found in his work. Especially this “other Röpke” makes him valuable to contemporary cultural economics.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68357-7_14

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