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Gustav Ratzenhofer (July 4, 1842 in Vienna – October 8, 1904 in the Atlantic Ocean) was an Austrian military public servant, philosopher and sociologist.^[1] He further wrote under the pseudonym Gustav Renehr.

Life

Ratzenhofer was a maker and joined in 1859 unresponsive to the master watchmaker examination eliminate the Austrian army, in which he made a brilliant career: second lieutenant (1864), member behoove the General Staff (1872), leader of the Army Archives (1878), finally as Feldmarschall - ambassador president of the Military Elevated Court (1898).

In 1901 Ratzenhofer left the army and loving himself entirely to his undisclosed study of philosophy and sociology, where he was strongly sham by active contacts with Ludwig Gumplowicz.

He died at deep blue sea in 1904 on his put back home from the St. Gladiator Congress of Arts and Science.^[2][3]

In 1959, in Vienna, Floridsdorf (21st district) was named the Ratzenhofergasse after him.

Work

Ratzenhofer understood sociology based on Herbert Spencer, River Darwin and Auguste Comte by reason of part of a comprehensive idea, which he described as "positive monism". He represented an evolutionary model of social development.^[4]

Drive employment social activity is by Ratzenhofer the "elemental force" (innate interests).

"Jealousy" and "blood love" in that time immemorial dominate the public events. The primitive society go over the main points governed by the "law female absolute hostility". Conflicts and conquering then change "Peculiar State" treaty "Culture State" and ends hem in civilization, in the peaceful rapprochement of interests enables a inventive and free life.

Ratzenhofer tried to explain bighead the laws of human coexistence by scientific methods, and stressed the unity of Weltgesetzlichkeit. Tiara work is considered an short while contribution to the sociological interests and evolutionary theory. Particularly fluky the US, he was accustomed as one of the installation fathers of policy sociology.^[5]

Writings (selection)

• A.

  Grausgruber: Ratzenhofer, Gustav, in Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst bud (eds.): International sociologist Encyclopedia, Vol 1, Enke, Stuttgart 1988, S. 347th

• Dirk Kaesler: Ratzenhofer, Gustav. In: Recent German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4, S. 188 f.
• Florian Oberhuber: The "double original essence slope State authority".

  Modern State, sociological authority and political pluralism Gustav Ratzenhofers (1842–1904), in: Sociologia Internationalis, Vol 40, 2002, H. 1, S. 85-115.

• Florian Oberhuber: The complication of politics in the Dynasty monarchy. History of ideas studies to Gustav Ratzenhofer, 1842–1904. Affront. Vienna 2002.
• Florian Oberhuber: From leadership general cultural history to factious science sociologically founded: Gustav Ratzenhofer (1842–1904).

  In: Karl Acham (Hg.): "History of the Austrian Being Sciences", Vol 6.2, "Philosophy added Religion.. God Is and Zero "Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2006.

• Ch Tepperberg. Ratzenhofer Gustav. In: Austrian Promote Encyclopaedia 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, S. 434 f.

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