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Sociologia E Politica · 109 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsSociologists and Politicians (Sociologi e Politici)
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Arconati Visconti, Giuseppe
ARCONATI VISCONTI, GIUSEPPE. - Politician, b. in Milan on 9 April 1797, d. there on 11 March 1873. From a noble family, a scholar of… -
Athanasius, Enrico (ATTANASIO, ENRICO)
ATHANASIUS, ENRICO. - Priest, orator and writer, b. in Naples in 1831, d. there in 1903. A companion in studies and in tendencies of Fr.… -
Avogadro della Motta, Emiliano
AVOGADRO DELLA MOTTA, EMILIANO. - Writer and politician, b. in Vercelli on 8 Oct. 1798, d. 9 Feb. 1865. A doctor of law, a reformer of… -
Babeuf, François-Noël
BABEUF, FRANÇOIS-NOËL. - Born at Saint-Quentin on 23 Nov. 1760. In his youth he became known for his demagogic writings in the… -
Bachem, Julius
BACHEM, JULIUS. - Lawyer, politician and publicist, b. 2 July 1845 at Mülheim on the Ruhr, d. 22 Jan. 1918 at Cologne. He was one of the… -
Bader, Karl
BADER, KARL. - Publicist, b. in Freiburg im Breisgau on 9 Dec. 1796, d. there on 19 June 1874. He defended with constancy and a spirit of… -
Bakunin, Michail
BAKUNIN, MICHAIL. - Famous 19th-century Russian anarchist, b. at Pryamukhino (province of Tver'), in 1814, d. in the hospital of Bern in… -
Balbo, Prospero di Vinadio
BALBO, PROSPERO di VINADIO. - Son of Cesare, born in Paris on 5 March 1824, died in Turin on 2 March 1894, he left the military academy as… -
Baratta, Carlo
BARATTA, CARLO. - Educator, Salesian sociologist, b. at Druogno (Novara) on 10 Oct. 1861, d. at Salsomaggiore on 23 Apr. 1909. Welcomed… -
Barilli, Giuseppe
BARILLI, GIUSEPPE. - Polymath, soldier, teacher, b. at Budrio on 20 Apr. 1812, d. at Bologna on 18 Dec. 1894. In 1848, professor of… -
Barolo, Carlo Tancredi Falletti, Marchese di
BAROLO, CARLO TANCREDI FALLETTI, marchese di. - Philanthropist and educationist, b. in Turin on 26 Oct. 1782 and d. there on 4 Sept. 1838.… -
Bernstein, Eduard
BERNSTEIN, EDUARD. - German politician, b. in Berlin in 1850, d. there in 1932. He was one of the principal followers of orthodox Marxism.… -
Bettazzi, Rodolfo
BETTAZZI, RODOLFO. - Teacher, educator, apostle of action for the defense of morality, b. in Florence on Nov. 14, 1861, d. in Turin, on… -
Biederlack, Joseph
BIEDERLACK, JOSEPH. - Jesuit, b. at Greven (Westphalia) on 27 March 1845, d. at Innsbruck on 15 Nov. 1930. Professor in the theological… -
Bogdanov
BOGDANOV. - This is the pseudonym of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Malinovsky, Russian revolutionary, physician and philosopher, b. 1873. A… -
Bonetti, Antonio Maria
BONETTI, ANTONIO MARIA. - Catholic publicist, b. in Bologna in 1849, d. in Rome on 7 Aug. 1896. A volunteer in the pontifical army from… -
Brandts, Franz
BRANDTS, FRANZ. - Sociologist and industrialist, b. at München-Gladbach on 12 Nov. 1834, d. there on 5 Oct. 1914. He has the merit of… -
Brentano, Ludwig Joseph
BRENTANO, LUDWIG JOSEPH. - German sociologist and economist b. at Aschaffenburg on 18 Dec. 1844, d. at Munich on 9 Sept. 1931. He is one of… -
Bry, Carl Christian
BRY, CARL CHRISTIAN. - It was the pseudonym of the writer Carlo Decke, b. at Stralsund on 12 April 1892, d. at Davos on 9 February 1926. Of… -
Bucholtz, Franz Bernhard von
BUCHOLTZ, Franz Bernhard von. - Austrian statesman and historian, b. 10 June 1790 at Münster (Westphalia), d. 14 Feb. 1838 at Vienna. In… -
Bukharin, Nikolaj Ivanovič (BUCHARIN, NIKOLAJ IVANOVIČ)
BUKHARIN, NIKOLAJ IVANOVIČ. - Russian revolutionary, b. in 1888, d. in 1938. He was one of the major representatives of the Bolshevik… -
Calligari, Ernesto (Mikròs)
CALLIGARI, ERNESTO (MIKRÒS). - Journalist, b. at Bonassola (Spezia) on 7 March 1858, d. at Carrodano (Spezia) on 19 Aug. 1929. Having… -
Cathrein, Viktor
CATHREIN, VIKTOR. - Moral philosopher, b. at Brig (Switzerland) on 8 May 1845, d. at The Hague on 10 Sept. 1931. A Jesuit from 1863, he was… -
Devas, Charles Stanton
DEVAS, CHARLES STANTON. - English economist, of the Christian social school, b. at Woodside (Old Windsor) on 26 Aug. 1848, d. in London on… -
Engels, Friedrich
ENGELS, FRIEDRICH. - German socialist, b. at Barmen on 28 Nov. 1820, and d. in London on 5 Aug. 1895. Of a well-to-do family, he completed… -
Feigenwinter, Ernst
FEIGENWINTER, ERNST. - Catholic politician and sociologist, b. in Reinach (Basel) on 13 March 1853, d. in Bern on 15 Sept. 1919. He… -
Fisher, Irving
FISHER, IRVING. - American economist, b. at Sawgertes (New York) on 27 Feb. 1867, d. at New York on 29 Apr. 1947. Professor of mathematics… -
Fourier, François-Charles
FOURIER, FRANÇOIS-CHARLES. - French economist, of socialist tendency, of that socialism which Marx characterized as "utopian." Born at… -
Haller, Karl Ludwig
HALLER, KARL LUDWIG. - Historian and jurist, b. in Bern on 1 Aug. 1768; d. in Solothurn on 21 May 1854. Professor of law at the University… -
Hamilton, Alexander
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. - American statesman, b. on the island of Nevis (Antilles) on 11 Jan. 1757, d. in New York on 12 July 1804. Of… -
Harmel, Léon-Pierre-Louis
HARMEL, LÉON-PIERRE-LOUIS. - Catholic industrialist, implementer and advocate of social reforms, b. at Neuville-les-Wesigny (Ardennes) on… -
Harrington, James
HARRINGTON, JAMES. - English political writer, b. at Upton in January 1611, d. at Westminster on 11 September 1677. He spent a long time in… -
Hitze, Franz
HITZE, FRANZ. - German Catholic politician and sociologist. Born on 16 March 1851, at Hänemicke (Westphalia), he was ordained a priest in… -
Humboldt, Wilhelm von
HUMBOLDT, WILHELM von. - Statesman and thinker, b. at Potsdam on 22 June 1767, d. at Tegel on 8 April 1835. Devoting himself to study, he… -
Jefferson, Thomas
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. - American statesman, b. at Shadwell (Virginia) on 13 Apr. 1743, d. at Monticello (Virginia) on 4 July 1826. For some… -
Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchior de
JOVELLANOS, GASPAR MELCHIOR DE. - Statesman, man of letters, economist, b. at Gijón (Spain) on 5 February 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on 27… -
Kautsky, Karl
KAUTSKY, KARL. - German socialist, b. in Prague on 16 Oct. 1854, d. in exile in Amsterdam on 17 Oct. 1938. He was secretary to F. Engels… -
Keynes, John Maynard
KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD. - English economist, b. in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, d. in London on 21 Apr. 1946. He became known as early as 1912… -
Kirchesch, Franz
KIRCHESCH, FRANZ. - German economist and sociologist, b. at Wissen an der Sieg on 2 March 1873, d. at Mayen on 11 Sept. 1931. Ordained a… -
Kolping, Adolf
KOLPING, ADOLF. - Priest, organizer of the first Catholic workers' associations in Germany, called for this reason the Gesellenvater, b. at… -
Labriola, Antonio
LABRIOLA, ANTONIO. - Theorist of socialism, b. at Cassino on 2 July 1843, d. at Rome on 12 Feb. 1904. He was professor of moral philosophy… -
Lampertico, Fedele
LAMPERTICO, FEDELE. - Economist and jurist, b. at Vicenza on June 13, 1833, d. there on Apr. 6, 1906. He taught at the University of Padua.… -
Lassalle, Ferdinand
LASSALLE, FERDINAND. - Socialist agitator and philosopher, b. of a Jewish family at Breslau on 11 April 1825, d. at Geneva on 31 Aug. 1864… -
Lemire, Jules
LEMIRE, JULES. - French sociologist, b. at Vieux Berquin on 23 April 1853, d. at Hazebrouck on 7 March 1928. Having become a priest in… -
Lenin
LENIN. - Pseudonym of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, founder and leader of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), and of the Russian… -
Lensing, Lambert
LENSING, LAMBERT. - Apostle of the good press and exponent of the German Catholic Centre Party, b. at Emmerich on 14 June 1851, d. at… -
Leonrod, Franz Leopold von
LEONROD, FRANZ LEOPOLD von. - Bishop of Eichstätt, b. at Ansbach on 26 Aug. 1827, d. at Eichstätt on 5 Sept. 1905. He was a strenuous… -
Le Play, Frédéric
LE PLAY, FRÉDÉRIC. - Engineer and professor, precursor of the Catholic social movement, but on a plane of pure observation, b. at… -
Lieber, Ernst Maria
LIEBER, ERNST MARIA. - German statesman, b. at Camberg (Nassau) on 16 Nov. 1838, d. there on 31 March 1902. He studied philosophy and law.… -
Lincoln, Abraham
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. - American statesman, b. at Big South Fork (Kentucky) on 12 Feb. 1809, d. at Washington on 15 Apr. 1865. Of very humble… -
Lorin, Henri
LORIN, HENRI. - French Catholic sociologist, b. in 1858, d. in Paris on 19 Nov. 1914. He devoted himself to the Œuvre des cercles… -
Ludovico da Bessa
LUDOVICO DA BESSA. - Capuchin, sociologist, in the world Alphonse Élisée Chaix, b. at Besse-sur-Issole on 17 Oct. 1831 and d. at San Remo… -
Malthus, Thomas Robert
MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT. - English economist, b. at Rookery (Surrey) on 17 February 1766, d. at St. Catherine's (Bath) on 29 December 1834.… -
Manacorda, Emiliano
MANACORDA, EMILIANO. - Bishop, b. at Penangro in Monferrato on 6 Aug. 1833, d. at Fossano on 29 July 1909. Ordained priest in 1859, he… -
Mangano, Vincenzo
MANGANO, VINCENZO. - Journalist and politician, an authoritative member of the regional and national organizations of Catholic Action. Born… -
Marx, Karl
MARX, KARL. - Materialist philosopher, originator with Engels of so-called scientific socialism, b. at Trier on 5 May 1818 to Jewish… -
Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue
MASARYK, TOMÁŠ GARRIGUE. - Czech politician and sociologist, b. 7 March 1850 at Hodonín (Moravia), d. 14 Sept. 1937 at Lány (Bohemia). His… -
Mattei Gentili, Paolo
MATTEI GENTILI, PAOLO. - Journalist and politician, b. at Pennabilli (Pesaro) on 15 Oct. 1874, d. at Rome on 28 Nov. 1935. While still very… -
Mauri, Angelo
MAURI, ANGELO. - Lawyer and professor, b. in Milan on 21 Dec. 1873, d. there on 17 Nov. 1936. He was active in the young members' Catholic… -
Meda, Filippo
MEDA, FILIPPO. - Statesman and publicist, b. in Milan on 1 Jan. 1869, d. there on 31 Dec. 1939. As a high-school student he began… -
Medolago Albani, Stanislao
MEDOLAGO ALBANI, STANISLAO. - A Bergamasque nobleman, born in Bergamo in 1852, died there on July 3, 1921. Together with Rezzara and… -
Mičurin, Ivan Vladimirovich (MIČURIN, IVAN VLADIMIROVIC)
MIČURIN, IVAN VLADIMIROVICH. - Soviet biologist, b. 27 Oct. 1855, d. 7 June 1936, author of a doctrine of heredity, further elaborated… -
Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo
MOLMENTI, POMPEO GHERARDO. - Writer, historian and parliamentarian, b. in Venice on 1 Sept. 1852, d. in Rome on 24 Jan. 1928. He practiced… -
Montanelli, Giuseppe
MONTANELLI, GIUSEPPE. - Politician, b. at Fucecchio on 21 Jan. 1813, d. there on 17 June 1862. Anticlerical and rationalist in his youth,… -
Mounier, Emmanuel
MOUNIER, EMMANUEL. - Philosopher, b. at Grenoble on 1 April 1905, d. at Paris on 22 March 1950. He abandoned his youthful studies in… -
Murri, Romolo
MURRI, ROMOLO. - Priest and sociologist, b. at Montesampietrangeli (province of Ascoli Piceno, diocese of Fermo) on 27 Aug. 1870, d. in… -
Nava, Cesare
NAVA, CESARE. - Engineer, parliamentarian, minister, b. in Milan on 7 Oct. 1861, d. there on 27 Nov. 1933. He was active in the Gioventù… -
Nicora, Luigi
NICORA, LUIGI - Bishop, sociologist, b. in Milan on 13 Sept. 1829. Ordained in 1852, he was a parish curate until 1882, then honorary canon… -
Nolens, Willem Hubert
NOLENS, WILLEM HUBERT. - Dutch sociologist and politician, b. at Venlo on 7 Sept. 1860, d. at The Hague on 27 Aug. 1931. Ordained a priest… -
Panizzi, Domenico
PANIZZI, DOMENICO. - Publicist and poet, b. at Reggio Emilia on 3 July 1839, d. there on 16 Feb. 1896. Having left in 1869 his military… -
Pantaleoni, Maffeo
PANTALEONI, MAFFEO. - Italian economist, b. at Frascati on 2 July 1857, d. at Milan on 29 Oct. 1924, professor of political economy at the… -
Pareto, Vilfredo
PARETO, VILFREDO. - Economist, from a Genoese family, b. 15 July 1848 in Paris, where his father Raffaele was an exile following the… -
Pavissich, Antonio
PAVISSICH, ANTONIO. - Jesuit, preacher, sociologist, b. 13 June 1851 at Split in Dalmatia, d. 30 Nov. 1913 at Naples. Having entered the… -
Périn, Charles-Henry-Xavier
PÉRIN, CHARLES-HENRY-XAVIER. - Economist, b. at Mons (Belgium) on 29 Aug. 1815, d. at Ghlin, near Mons, on 4 Apr. 1905. After having… -
Persichetti, Augusto
PERSICHETTI, AUGUSTO. - Organizer of Catholic associations, b. in Rome on 2 Aug. 1854, d. there on 8 June 1922. In 1877 he graduated in… -
Pesch, Heinrich
PESCH, HEINRICH. - Jesuit, writer on social politics and national economy, b. in Cologne on 17 Sept. 1854, d. in Valkenburg on 1 April… -
Pisacane, Carlo
PISACANE, CARLO. - Patriot and writer, b. in Naples on 22 Aug. 1818, d. at Sanza on 2 July 1857. Of a noble family, he entered the Collegio… -
Porsch, Felix
PORSCH, FELIX. - German Catholic politician, b. at Ratibor on 30 April 1853, d. at Breslau on 8 December 1930. A lawyer and counselor of… -
Pottier, Antoine
POTTIER, ANTOINE. - Sociologist, b. at Spa (Belgium) on 22 Feb. 1849, d. at Rome on 24 Nov. 1923. A boarder at the Collegio Capranica in… -
Radini Tedeschi, Carlo
RADINI TEDESCHI, CARLO. - Catholic organizer, b. at Piacenza in 1829, d. there on 23 March 1908. Of a noble family, he preserved and… -
Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm (RAIFFAISEN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM)
RAIFFEISEN, FRIEDRICH WILHELM. - Originator and organizer of agricultural credit cooperatives, b. at Hamm on the Sieg on 30 March 1818, d.… -
Rezzara, Niccolò
REZZARA, NICCOLÒ. - Catholic organizer, b. at Chiuppano (Vicenza) in 1848, d. at Bergamo on 6 February 1915. At Vicenza he taught in the… -
Romagnoli, Augusto
ROMAGNOLI, AUGUSTO. - Apostle of the new education of the blind, b. in Bologna on 19 July 1879, with a conjunctivitis that made him lose… -
Rossignoli, Giovanni Pietro
ROSSIGNOLI, GIOVANNI PIETRO. - Philosopher and sociologist, b. at Borgomanero on Sept. 3, 1851, d. at Novara on March 24, 1909. In 1870 he… -
Rudini, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di
RUDINI, ANTONIO STARABBA, marchese di. - Statesman, b. in Palermo on 16 March 1839, d. in Rome > (from B. Scherrn, F. J. H. Ratisbon-Rome… -
Rumor, Giacomo
RUMOR, GIACOMO. - Catholic and social organizer, b. at Vicenza on 26 Jan. 1858, d. there on 24 Feb. 1931. A member of a family that,… -
Saccardo, Francesco
SACCARDO, FRANCESCO. - Catholic journalist, b. in Venice on 12 Sept. 1862, d. at Chirignago (Venice) on 22 Oct. 1931. Having earned a… -
Sacchetti, Giuseppe
SACCHETTI, GIUSEPPE. - Journalist, b. at Arlesega (Padua) on 21 May 1845, d. at Florence on 20 Oct. 1906. He took an active part in the… -
Salviati, Scipione
SALVIATI, SCIPIONE. - One of the most representative men of the Catholic laity, b. in Paris on 23 June 1823, d. in Rome on 15 June 1892.… -
Sangnier, Marc
SANGNIER, MARC. - Politician and sociologist, b. in Paris on 3 April 1873, d. there on 28 May 1950. Sent to the Collège Stanislas to… -
Santucci, Carlo
SANTUCCI, CARLO. - Catholic organizer, lawyer and senator, b. in Rome on 9 Feb. 1849, d. there on 29 July 1932. A lawyer of worth, he… -
Schaepman, Hermannus Johannes Aloysius Maria
SCHAEPMAN, HERMANNUS JOHANNES ALOYSIUS MARIA. - Statesman of the Netherlands, b. at Tubbergen (province of Overijssel) on 2 March 1844, d.… -
Schindler, Franz Martin
SCHINDLER, FRANZ MARTIN. - Austrian sociologist, b. at Motzdorf in Bohemia on 25 Jan. 1847, d. at Vienna on 27 Oct. 1922. Ordained a priest… -
Schmitz, Hermann Joseph
SCHMITZ, HERMANN JOSEPH. - Auxiliary bishop of Cologne, canonist, promoter of the social movement, b. in Cologne on 16 May 1841, d. there… -
Segesser, Philipp Anton
SEGESSER, PHILIPP ANTON. - Swiss politician, b. in Lucerne on 5 April 1817, d. there on 30 June 1888. In 1851 a member of the Grand Council… -
Smith, Adam
SMITH, ADAM. - Philosopher and economist, b. at Kirkcaldy (Scotland) on 5 June 1723, d. at Edinburgh on 17 July 1790. He entered the… -
Soderini, Edoardo
SODERINI, EDOARDO. - Italian politician, b. in Rome on 22 Nov. 1853, d. there on 15 May 1934. Deeply devoted to the Holy See, he was among… -
Sonnenschein, Carl
SONNENSCHEIN, CARL. - German sociologist, b. July 15, 1876 in Düsseldorf, ordained a priest in 1900, d. Feb. 20, 1929 in Berlin. The son of… -
Spaventa, Silvio
SPAVENTA, SILVIO. - Patriot and jurist, b. at Bomba (Chieti) on 10 May 1822, d. at Rome on 21 June 1893, brother of the idealist… -
Tocci, Antonio
TOCCI, ANTONIO. - Priest and sociologist, b. at Serravalle d'Appecchio (Urbino) in 1734, d. at Cagli on 21 May 1814. A pious and zealous… -
Tönnies, Ferdinand
TÖNNIES, FERDINAND. - Sociologist, b. at Oldensworth (Schleswig) on 26 July 1855, d. on 9 Apr. 1936. Having obtained his doctorate in… -
Tonolo, Giuseppe (TONIOLO, GIUSEPPE)
TONOLO, GIUSEPPE. - One of the greatest masters of Catholic social thought, b. at Treviso on 7 March 1845, d. at Pisa on 7 Oct. 1918, in… -
Vergani, Paolo
VERGANI, PAOLO. - Prelate and economist, b. in Piedmont in 1753, d. in Paris ca. 1820. Biographical information on V. is scarce, even… -
Vrau, Philibert
VRAU, PHILIBERT - Born in Lille on Nov. 19, 1829, died there on May 16, 1905. He returned to the faith he had lost by cultivating a… -
Weber, Max
WEBER, MAX. - Sociologist, b. in Erfurt on 21 April 1864, d. in Munich on 14 July 1920. A pupil of Goldschmidt, he taught at the… -
Werthmann, Lorenz
WERTHMANN, LORENZ. - Priest, founder and first president of German Caritas, b. 1 Oct. 1858 at Geisenheim, d. 10 Apr. 1921 at Freiburg im… -
Windthorst, Ludwig
WINDTHORST, LUDWIG. - German politician, b. 17 January 1812 at the Caldenhof farm near Osterkappeln, d. 14 March 1891 in Berlin. From a… -
Zileri dal Verme, Roberto
ZILERI DAL VERME, ROBERTO. - Italian deputy and Catholic organizer, b. in Rome on 25 Oct. 1858, d. in Vicenza on 28 Feb. 1937. He was among… -
Zucchini, Carlo
ZUCCHINI, CARLO. - Italian deputy and Catholic organizer, b. at Faenza on 13 Apr. 1862, d. at Rocchetta di Vara (La Spezia) on 14 Nov.…