Arthur Schweitzer

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Arthur Schweitzer (born November 27, 1905 in Pirmasens ; died March 9, 2004 in Bloomington, Indiana ) was an American economist and social scientist of German origin.

Life

After working as a skilled worker in a shoe factory and studying at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Berlin , Schweitzer emigrated to Switzerland after the Nazi seizure of power , where he studied economics and social sciences at the University of Basel and was awarded a Dr. rer. pole. received his doctorate . His escape had become necessary because he had been involved in the Red Shock Troop resistance group against National Socialism and had come into the focus of investigations. Schweitzer's future wife Friedel Zimmermann was imprisoned for two years because of her involvement in the Red Assault Troop. In 1938 Arthur Schweitzer received a Rockefeller scholarship and traveled to the USA. After the scholarship expired, he immigrated permanently to the USA via Cuba. From 1939 to 1947 he worked at the University of Wyoming . From 1947 to 1976 he then taught as a professor at Indiana University in Bloomington. He was visiting professor at various US universities such as Harvard University and Columbia University and, from 1961, at the Free University of Berlin .

Schweitzer was considered a leading social economist in the USA, an expert on National Socialist economics and an authority on the study of Max Weber's writings .

Works (selection)

  • Spiethoff's business cycle theory: Presentation and appreciation , Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1938 (also dissertation University of Basel, 1937)
  • Big Business in the Third Reich , Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1964 as well as London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964, a German translation of the first four chapters appeared under the title Die Nazifikation des Mittelstandes , Stuttgart: Enke, 1970, ISBN 3-432- 01624-7

literature

  • Dennis Egginger-Gonzalez: The Red Assault Troop. An early left-wing socialist resistance group against National Socialism. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86732-274-4 .
  • Rudolf Küstermeier: The Red Strike Squad. In: Volume 3 of contributions on the subject of resistance, Berlin Information Center, Stauffenbergstrasse Memorial and Education Center, Berlin, 1981, p. 21.
  • Harald Hagemann: Schweitzer, Arthur. In: Harald Hagemann , Claus-Dieter Krohn (ed.): Biographical handbook of German-speaking economic emigration after 1933. Volume 2: Leichter branch. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11284-X , pp. 644-647.
  • Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 1064

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "He was an expert on the Nazi economy, an authority on the writing of Max Weber, and a leading social economist, focusing on the incorporation of social and political variables into economy theory", Schweitzer obituary in the Alumni Newsletter of Indiana University Bloomington , Summer 2004
personal data
SURNAME Schweitzer, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-German economist and social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirmasens
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2004
Place of death Bloomington , Indiana