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Gumplowicz, Ludwig (1838–1909)

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The sociologist, social theorist, and jurist Ludwig Gumplowicz was born in Poland on March 9, 1838, in the Jewish quarter of Krakow, a city that was converted into a state at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and was annexed by the Austrian Empire in 1846. Ludwig’s parents, Abraham Gumplowicz and Henryka Inlender, came from a particularly wealthy Jewish environment; nevertheless, they suffered from various disadvantages in their interactions with Austrian culture. Gumplowicz’s life is characterized by a constant coming and going, mainly between Krakow, Vienna, and Graz, which in turn marks the tension with which he, as a Jew, confronts his surroundings, and thus, embraces cultural assimilation – a process that leads him to convert to Protestantism while settling in Graz.

After studying law in Krakow and Vienna, Gumplowicz obtained a doctoral degree in law – his work focused on the scientific and historical development of the Testaments– in May 1862, a year before...

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Alvear, R. (2021). Gumplowicz, Ludwig (1838–1909). In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_883-1

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