Ćurčić, Petar (2025) German Influences on Interwar Serbian and Yugoslav Sociological and Economic Thought. In: Echoes of Europe : Cultural Transfer Europe-Serbia in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Institute of European Studies; Zepter Book World, Belgrade, pp. 229-249.
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Abstract
Whereas economics and sociology had a long tradition in Germany, these disciplines gradually developed at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in the Kingdom of Serbia and, in particular, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where the establishment of economics and sociology as independent academic disciplines took an unusual course under the influence of the leading European countries (England, France, and Germany). This chapter aims to analyze German influences on interwar sociological and economic thought, which had, by that time, already gained momentum after the broader introduction of economic and sociological subjects into universities and the launching of specialized journals. In terms of influence, a prominent role belongs to the most renowned German thinkers, such as Max Weber, Werner Sombart, Ferdinand Tönnies, and others. In addition, the political circumstances, especially the World Economic Crisis and the rise of Nazism, led to more frequent citations of German authors who had studied the crisis of capitalism. Research suggests that the reception of German thinkers involved different groups of scientists and scholars: former academics of the Kingdom of Serbia who had studied abroad, former subjects of the Habsburg Monarchy, and Russian émigrés.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Depositing User: | Mr Petar Milutinović |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2026 16:00 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2026 18:00 |
| URI: | http://repo.ies.rs/id/eprint/267 |
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