Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim
Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim ( born July 20, 1819 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 29, 1880 in Berlin) was a German liberal, free-trader, lawyer, international lawyer, journalist and philosopher.
Life and work
Oppenheim came from the Jewish banking family in Frankfurt Oppenheim. He studied in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Berlin law. A Habilitation in Berlin failed due to his Jewish origin. In 1841 he was Associate Professor of Political Science and International Law in Heidelberg.
The mid- 1840s, he turned to political journalism. In 1848 he was on the radical-democratic wing of the revolution; He was Associate Editor of the reform.
1861 Oppenheim joined the Progressive Party and was starting this year, publisher of the Journal of Politics and literature, which were soon banned. Out of the need to conduct practical politics, he joined in 1866 the National Liberals. Oppenheim supported Otto von Bismarck's course at the unification of the nation.
The early 1860s, he joined the economic conference. The progress Liberal was considered a " staunch free traders " and as an outstanding economist. Later, he also turned to social issues such as caring for the poor and the national law.
In 1869, he defeated William Buff in the by-election for the Reichstag of the North German Confederation in Upper Hessian constituency. The trailer Oppenheim spread a brochure among others were allegations that anti-Semitic sentiments were operated during the election campaign.
In 1874 he was elected to the Reichstag. 1880 when he joined as a result of Bismarck's tariff policy the secessionists.
In his philosophical work, he dealt primarily with the parliamentary system and the service of the representatives of the people stem the common good instead of devotion to particular interests. Oppenheim also coined the term academic socialism.
Writings
- Philosophy of law and society. In 1847. (Ed. and with an appendix provided by Hermann Klenner, Freiburg / Berlin 2007)
- Our ideals and disappointments in France and England. In: Democratic Studies. In 1860.
- The academic socialism. Berlin 1872.
- From the failure of control remission; The history of the stock market swindle; About party formations. A review. In all three: the present. Volume 1, 1872.
- About economic congresses; Anthology on the Eisenach Social Conference; Tax issues. In all three: the present. Volume 2, 1872
- The truth about the trades unions. In: The presence. Volume 3, 1873.
- Freedom of trade and employment. German folk writings, Volume 5, Breslau, 1879.