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Johann von Komorzynski

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FOL. 02 · N° 017 · Johann von Komorzynski
BIOGRAPHY

Life and Work

At the age of 26 he was reportedly unable to accept a call to the University of Vienna only 'for reasons of outward circumstance'. After more than two decades of successful work as a court and judicial advocate, Komorzynski, founder and president of the Wiener Advokatenclub (Vienna Advocates' Club), received his habilitation with a study in value theory, building on an earlier inquiry into the theory of value. In later works he firmly opposed von Thünen's wage theory and, above all, Marx. Die nationalökonomische Lehre vom Credit (1903) (The Economic Theory of Credit), which he published in the last decade of his life, was rejected by the Austrian School because it was incompatible with Friedrich von Wieser's theory of imputation and Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's theory of interest.
Metadata
Born
12. Juni 1843
in Wien
Died
31. August 1911
in Gmunden
Generation
Generation 2
Life stations

Stations

  1. 1843
    1843
    Birth · Wien
    Birth

    Born on 12 June 1843 in Vienna.[1]

  2. 1868
    1868
    Doctorate · Wien
    Doctorate in Law (Dr. iuris)

    Doctorate in law (Dr. iuris) at the University of Vienna in 1868, following studies at the Schottengymnasium and the University of Vienna.[1]

  3. 1869
    1869
    Academic post · Wien
    Declined Call to the University of Vienna— approximate

    At the age of 26 he was reportedly unable to accept a call to the University of Vienna “owing merely to external circumstances”.

  4. ⁦1869–1890⁩
    ⁦1869–1890⁩
    Career · Wien
    Court and Judicial Advocate

    More than two decades of successful practice as a court and judicial advocate (Hof- und Gerichtsadvokat) in Vienna; founder and president of the Vienna Advocates' Club.[1]

  5. 1882
    1882
    Founding · Wien
    Co-founding of the Vienna Advocates' Club

    Proponent and co-founder of the Vienna Advocates' Club in 1882.[1]

  6. 1889
    1889
    Publication · Wien
    <em>Der Werth in der isolirten Wirthschaft</em> (Value in the Isolated Economy)

    His first major work on value theory, <em>Der Werth in der isolirten Wirthschaft</em>, in 1889 – an early commitment to Menger's theory of marginal utility.[1]

  7. 1890
    1890
    Habilitation · Wien
    Privatdozent at the University of Vienna

    Move from the legal profession to the academic world: Privatdozent in political economy at the University of Vienna from 1890; Habilitation with a work on value theory that built on <em>Der Werth in der isolirten Wirthschaft</em> (1889).[1]

  8. 1892
    1892
    Membership · Wien
    State Examination Board for the Political Sciences

    From 1892, a member of the state examination board for the political sciences.[1]

  9. 1893
    1893
    Publication · Wien
    <em>Wesen und die beiden Hauptrichtungen des Sozialismus</em> (The Nature and the Two Main Directions of Socialism)

    Publication of <em>Wesen und die beiden Hauptrichtungen des Sozialismus</em> in 1893.[1]

  10. 1900
    1900
    Academic post · Wien
    Titular Associate Professor

    Awarded the title of associate professor of political economy at the University of Vienna in 1900.[1]

  11. 1903
    1903
    Publication · Wien
    <em>Die nationalökonomische Lehre vom Credit</em> (The Economic Theory of Credit)

    Publication of <em>Die nationalökonomische Lehre vom Credit</em> (1903); the work was rejected by the Austrian School as incompatible with Wieser's theory of imputation and Böhm-Bawerk's theory of interest.[1]

  12. 1910
    1910
    Award · Wien
    k. k. Regierungsrat (Imperial-Royal Councillor)

    Awarded the title of k. k. Regierungsrat (Imperial-Royal Councillor) in 1910.[1]

  13. 1911
    1911
    Death · Gmunden
    Death

    Died on 31 August 1911 in Gmunden.[1]

Relationships

Influences

Influenced · 2
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    —
    Critic
    Johann Heinrich von Thünen⁦(1783–1850)⁩ · Klassische Standorttheorie

    In later works, Komorzynski firmly opposed Johann Heinrich von Thünen's theory of wages.

  2. —
    —
    Critic
    Karl Marx⁦(1818–1883)⁩ · Marxismus

    In later works, Komorzynski firmly opposed Karl Marx above all.

Johann von Komorzynski in the context of the School as a whole: five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.

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Topography

Places of Activity

CATALOGUE OF WORKS · CHRONOLOGICAL

The Books

1880s
1889
46 yrs.
Der Wert in der isolierten Wirtschaft
Book
OriginalGerman
1890s
1893
50 yrs.
Das Wesen und die beiden Hauptrichtungen des Sozialismus
Book
OriginalGerman
1900s
1903
60 yrs.
Die nationalökonomische Lehre vom Credit
Book
OriginalGerman
ARTICLES · 3 CATALOGUED

Essays, Reviews, Lectures

1860s
1869
26 yrs.
Ist auf der Grundlage der bisherigen wissenschaftlichen Forschung die Bestimmung der natürlichen Höhe des Güterpreises möglich?
Article
OriginalGerman
1890s
1894
51 yrs.
Thünens naturgemässer Arbeitslohn
Article
OriginalGerman
1897
54 yrs.
Der 3. Band von Karl Marx. Das Kapital
Article
OriginalGerman
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