Gerhard Senft

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Gerhard Senft (born July 26, 1956 in Vienna ) is an Austrian economist and professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business .

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Senft trained as an engineer in the field of mechanical engineering from 1971 to 1976 . This was followed by professional activities in industrial plant construction for Mannesmann AG and Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, among others . He then studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics from 1982 to 1989 . His diploma thesis and his dissertation were awarded prizes by the Chamber for Workers and Employees . The doctorate "rerum socialium oeconomicarumque" took place in 1989.

Since 1988 he has been an assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, first at the Institute for Economic Theory and Policy, since 1989 at the Institute for Economic and Social History in May 1989. There he completed his habilitation in 2001 in the field of economic and social history . He was then appointed professor. His research focuses on the history of dogmas of political economy, the history of social movements, the role of time, work and money in the modernization process, technological development and socialization, economic policy in a historical dimension and research on fascism.

From 1999 to 2010, Gerhard Senft and Werner Clement carried out the research project “Growth and Employment in Europe: Sustainability and Competitiveness” at the Institute for Economic Policy and Industrial Organization.

In June 2001, Senft was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize for the Faculty of Economics. In addition to his university activities, Senft works as a reviewer for the Austrian Academy of Sciences , the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , the Austrian National Bank and the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology in Erfurt .

Gerhard Senft is an active member of the Pierre Ramus Society and publishes the collected works of Pierre Ramus in eight volumes on its behalf (the first was published in 2017).

Publications (selection)

  • The shadow of the only one. The history of Stirner's individual anarchism . Verlag Monte Verita (Vienna 1988) 147 pp.
  • Neither capitalism nor communism. Silvio Gesell and the libertarian model of the free economy . Archive for Social and Cultural History, Volume 3 Libertad Verlag Berlin (Berlin 1990) 272 pp.
  • Faces of esotericism. A journey through the realm of irrationalism . With a selection of esoteric original texts and a bibliography on the topic: New Age in Economics and Management. Edition Stonehenge, Volume 2. Verlag Monte Verita (Vienna 1991, 2nd edition 2004) 104 pp.
  • Departure to the promised land. The origins of the kibbutz economy . Edition Wilde Mixture, Volume 15 Verlag Monte Verita (Vienna 1997) 66 pp.
  • In the run-up to the disaster. The economic policy of the corporate state. Austria 1934–1938. Comparative history of society and the history of political ideas in modern times, Volume 15.Braumüller Universitätsverlag (Vienna 2002) 550 pp.
  • Essence of anarchy. The parliamentary criticism of libertarian socialism . Promedia Verlag, Vienna 2006.
  • Wroclaw - Theresienstadt - Shavei Zion. Tides of a century's life. Werner Neufliess (1908-2004) . Edition Wilde Mixture, Volume 29 Verlag Monte Verita (Vienna 2007) 80 pp.
  • Oyte capitalismos, oyte kommounismos. O Silbio Gezel kai to eleutheriako montelo tes eleytheres oikonomias . Ekdoseis Trope (Athens 2008) 357 pp.
  • Peace warriors of the hinterland. World War I and contemporary anti-militarism . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source of life data: Official CV of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
  2. ^ Gerhard Senft: The economic policy of the corporate state. Austria 1934 to 1938. Habilitation thesis, Vienna University of Economics and Business 2001
  3. ↑ Pierre Ramus: Collected Works. Volume 1: Biographical sketches , edited by Gerhard Senft, Verlag Monte Verità, Vienna 2017, on behalf of the Pierre Ramus Society. 284 pages. ISBN 978-3-900434-91-5
personal data
SURNAME Senft, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Senft, Gerhard G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna