Ludwig Gumplowicz
POlish sociologist
Died when: 71 years 164 days (857 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Ludwig Gumplowicz (March 9, 1838 – August 19, 1909), was a Polish sociologist, jurist, historian, and political scientist, who taught constitutional and administrative law at the University of Graz.
Gumplowicz was the son of a Jewish carpet and porcelain manufacturer, Abraham Gumplowicz.Gumplowicz is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology across German-speaking countries.
While living under the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, he witnessed many violent anti-Semitic conflicts between ethnic groups, which influenced his sociological theories of social conflict and explaining social phenomenas later on in life.
His contributions to the fields of social science, political science, and jurisprudence allowed these fields to expand under the lens of Gumplowicz's applications of sociological generalizations.
In all three areas, he was a straightforward and vivacious writer who excelled in controversy.He was well-known for his skepticism of the permanence of social progress and his belief that the state emerges from inevitable confrontation rather than unity or divine inspiration.
