The Birth of Economic Science in Bukovyna: Dialectics of the Interaction of the Individual and the Environment in the Decision-Making Process

Current issues of social sciences and history of medicine, Jun 2025

Friedrich Klänwechter initiated the teaching of economic disciplines at the newly established university in Chernivtsi on a combination of the traditions of the Austrian and German schools and prepared fertile ground for the beginning of Schumpeter’s work. Joseph Alois Schumpeter, being one of the most prominent economists, is one of those vivid examples of the formation of the methodology of economic science, which determine the unique originality and attractiveness of the history of economic thought as the theoretical and methodological basis of other economic sciences. In this case, we are talking about one of the key problems of applying the principle of historicism in scientific research – the dialectics of the mutual influence and interdependence of the roles of the individual and the environment in which he lives in the process of civilizational development of both this individual and his environment as a whole. The subject of this study is the relationship between the role of creativity and the personal characteristics of a scientist and the conditions and features of his environment. The purpose of the study is to clarify the patterns of the relationship between the creative achievements of a talented individualand the environment of its functioning using the example of the creative biography of the world-famous scientist Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Methods of the research. The research is based on a combination of general scientific methods and special methods of economic science, where analysis plays a key role. Taking into account the dynamics of the development of modern science, the research also applies philosophical and scientific approaches and synergistic principles, such as interdisciplinarity, pluralism, self-organization and multiculturalism, to study the mutual influence of the scientist’s functioning environment and the methodology substantiated by him. Concllusions. The paper analyzes the structure and methodological features of the creative achievements of Kleinwechter and Schumpeter. Тhe relationship between the scientist and his environment are analyzed both at the level of personalcommunication and at the level of commonality of methodology with other leading scientists of the time. Separately, the methodology for studying the behavior and socio-economic role of the entrepreneur as a «creative destroyer» is considered. In this context, the biography of Schumpeter himself, his successes and failures in the field of scientific and applied activity are also analyzed. Accordingly, a more thorough analysis of the content of the first editions of the scientist’s scientific publications, in particular, his reviews of the works of other leading scientists of that time, as well as documents reflecting various aspects of the organization of the teaching work of the outstanding scientist Joseph Alois Schumpeter, is justified as a subject of further research in this direction. The determining direction of such research is considered to be the elucidation of the regularities of the dialectical confrontation of the old with the new in both the theoretical and practical spheres, which makes new combinations more viable, more oriented towards a better satisfaction of our needs

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The Birth of Economic Science in Bukovyna: Dialectics of the Interaction of the Individual and the Environment in the Decision-Making Process

APSNIM, 2024, №:2 (38) ІСТОРІЯ ЕКОНОМІЧННИХ ВЧЕНЬ HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINES ISSN: 2411‑6181(on-line); ISSN: 2311‑9896 (print) Current issues of social studies and history of medіcine. Joint Ukrainian – Romanian scientific journal, 2024, № :2 (38), P. 51-60 УДК 330.831.2 DOI 10.24061/2411-6181.2.2024.433 ЗАРОДЖЕННЯ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ НАУКИ НА БУКОВИНІ: ДІАЛЕКТИКА ВЗАЄМОДІЇ ОСОБИСТОСТІ ТА СЕРЕДОВИЩА В ПРОЦЕСІ ПРИЙНЯТТЯ РІШЕНЬ Богдан СТОРОЩУК Чернівецький національний університет ім. Ю. Федьковича, Буковинський державний медичний університет, Чернівці (Україна), Микола ЦЕПЕНДА Чернівецький національний університет ім. Ю. Федьковича (Україна), THE EMERGENCE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE IN BUKOVYNA: THE DIALECTICS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS Bogdan STOROSHCHUK Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi (Ukraine), ResearcherID: D‑3625‑2016, ORCID ID: 0000‑0001‑8680‑1762 Mykola TSEPENDA Yuriy Fed’kovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine), ORCID ID 0000‑0002‑7570‑2782 Storoschuk Bohdan, Tsependa Mykola. The Birth of Economic Science in Bukovyna: Dialectics of the Interaction of the Individual and the Environment in the Decision-Making Process. Friedrich Klänwechter initiated the teaching of economic disciplines at the newly established university in Chernivtsi on a combination of the traditions of the Austrian and German schools and prepared fertile ground for the beginning of Schumpeter’s work. Joseph Alois Schumpeter, being one of the most prominent economists, is one of those vivid examples of the formation of the methodology of economic science, which determine the unique originality and attractiveness of the history of economic thought as the theoretical and methodological basis of other economic sciences. In this case, we are talking about one of the key problems of applying the principle of historicism in scientific research – the dialectics of the mutual influence and interdependence of the roles of the individual and the environment in which he lives in the process of civilizational development of both this individual and his environment as a whole. The subject of this study is the relationship between the role of creativity and the personal characteristics of a scientist and the conditions and features of his environment. The purpose of the study is to clarify the patterns of the relationship between the creative achievements of a talented individual and the environment of its functioning using the example of the creative biography of the world-famous scientist Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Methods of the research. The research is based on a combination of general scientific methods and special methods of economic science, where analysis plays a key role. Taking into account the dynamics of the development of modern science, the research also applies philosophical and scientific approaches and synergistic principles, such as interdisciplinarity, pluralism, self-organization and multiculturalism, to study the mutual influence of the scientist’s functioning environment and the methodology substantiated by him. Concllusions. The paper analyzes the structure and methodological features of the creative achievements of Kleinwechter and Schumpeter. Тhe relationship between the scientist and his environment are analyzed both at the level of personal communication and at the level of commonality of methodology with other leading scientists of the time. Separately, the methodology for studying the behavior and socio-economic role of the entrepreneur as a «creative destroyer» is considered. In this context, the biography of Schumpeter himself, his successes and failures in the field of scientific and applied activity are also analyzed. Accordingly, a more thorough analysis of the content of the first editions of the scientist’s scientific publications, in particular, his reviews of the works of other leading scientists of that time, as well as documents reflecting various aspects of the organization of the teaching work of the outstanding scientist Joseph Alois Schumpeter, is justified as a subject of further research in this direction. The determining direction of such research is considered to be the elucidation of the regularities of the dialectical confrontation of the old with the new in both the theoretical and practical spheres, which makes new combinations more viable, more oriented towards a better satisfaction of our needs. Keywords: Friedrich Kleinwechter, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian school, historical school, neoclassical direction, creative destruction, innovation, history of economic science, non-economic criteria, neoliberalism. Вступ: зародження економічної науки на Буковині очевидно слід пов’язувати із заснуванням тут 4 жовтня 1875 року університету. Викладання економічних наук з моменту заснування університету до 1909 року забезпечував Фрідріх фон Кляйнвехтер, а протягом двох років після нього – Йозеф Алоїз Шумпетер Постановка проблеми: Фрідріх Клянвехтер – професор Ризького університету, який приїхав викладати економічні дисципліни до новоствореного Чернівецького університету, – відомий учень австрійської школи і товариш одного з її лідерів Ойгена фон Бем-Баверка – представив цікавий синтез Актуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини. Спільний українсько-румунський науковий журнал. (АПСНІМ), 2024, № 2(38), P. 51-60 51 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINES ідей німоцькомовних австрійської та історичної шкіл економічної науки. Йозеф Алоїз Шумпетер, постать, що вирізняється серед корифеїв економічної науки, слугує яскравим прикладом становлення методології економічного пізнання. Саме його праці демонструють ту неповторну оригінальність та інтелектуальну привабливість, що характеризують історію економічної думки як фундаментальну теоретико-методологічну основу для інших економічних дисциплін. У цьому контексті особливої актуальності набуває дослідження діалектики взаємозв’язку між особистістю та середовищем її існування, що є ключовою проблемою застосування принципу історизму в наукових дослідженнях. Аналіз останніх досліджень та публікацій: праці Фрідріха Кляйнвехтера цілком незаслужено обділені увагою дослідників. Згадки про нього ми знаходимо переважно у власне австрійських 12, перекладних з англійської 3 та румунських 4 енциклопедичних виданнях того часу, зокрема у виданій в діаспорі українській енциклопедії Кубійовича 5. Проблематика наукового доробку Й.А. Шумпетера та його впливу на розвиток світової економічної науки займає значне місце в працях багатьох дослідників, серед яких видатні економісти, соціологи та філософи. Зокрема, варто відзначити праці М. Блауга 6, Б. Селігмена 7, Ф. Хайєка 8, Р. Хейлбронера 9, а також вагомий внесок вітчизняних науковців, таких як А. Чухно 10, С. Злупко 11, Ю. Бажала 12 та П. Леоненко 13, які досліджували історію економічної думки України ХХ століття. Виокремлення невирішених аспектів проблеми: Незважаюч (...truncated)


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Богдан Сторощук, Микола Цепенда. The Birth of Economic Science in Bukovyna: Dialectics of the Interaction of the Individual and the Environment in the Decision-Making Process, Current issues of social sciences and history of medicine, 2025, pp. 51-60,