Description
Günther Sandner provides a wide-ranging history of Otto Neurath (1882 to 1945) in the first comprehensive biography in English of the versatile economist, thinker, designer, director, socialist - and an individual now seen as a neglected genius.
The book starts by exploring Neurath's early life in Vienna where he developed his interest in the connection between economics and war, and the start of his long-running focus on social and political action. After his early studies he became a forerunner of the Vienna Circle and began travelling the Balkans to expand his understanding of how economic planning could improve people's standard of living, before himself being drafted into the First World War. His ideas around socialization garnered support, but never came to full fruition in practice. However, after the war, he and his future wife Marie Reidemeister developed the “Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics” - later renamed Isotype - as a form of visual empowerment and a method of sharing knowledge and data with the working class. When the German Wehrmacht invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Otto Neurath and Marie Reidemeister made an adventurous escape on a lifeboat from the port of Scheveningen to England, where they settled and lived for the rest of their lives.
A pioneer in many areas, from ecological economics to information design, this book is of interest to historians of the philosophy of science, designers, economists, information graphic artists, sociologists, architectural historians and those interested in political and intellectual history.
Accessibility Information
Additional accessibility information
- EPUB 3.0
- Conforms with the requirements of EPUB Accessibility Spec v1.1
- WCAG level AA
- WCAG v2.2 compliant
- accessibility@bloomsbury.com
Hazards
The publication contains no hazards
Support for non-visual reading
- No accessibility features offered by the reading system, device or reading software are disabled or otherwise unusable with the product
- Has alternative text descriptions for images
Visual adjustments
Appearance of the text and page layout can be modified according to the capabilities of the reading system (font family and size, spaces, as well as color of background and text)
Navigation
- Page list to go to pages from the print source version
- Elements such as headings, tables, etc for structured navigation
- All or substantially all textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order
- Content is enhanced with ARIA roles to optimize organization and facilitate navigation
- Purposes of all links are made clear
Rich content
Language tagging provided
Table of Contents
2. The young Neurath
3. War Economy
4. Vita activa: Total Socialisation
5. Austro-Marxism and Red Vienna
6. Forced Migration: The Netherlands and England
7. After Neurath
Product details
| Published | 04 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781350587489 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 21 b&w illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Related Titles
