NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGMS, AS REFLECTED IN VEREIN FUR SIEBENBURGISCHE LANDESKUNDE PERIODICALS

摘要

THE GOAL OF THIS PAPER IS TO PRESENT THE WAY IN WHICH THE PUBLICATION OF THE VEREIN FUR SIEBENBüRGISCHE LANDESKUNDE (VfSL), THE CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION OF THE SAXONS FROM TRANSYLVANIA, HAVE DEALED WITH ECONOMICAL SUBJECTS AND METHODS OF MODERNISATION BACK IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY. IN ORDER TO SHOW THIS, THE PAPER IS DEVIDED INTO THREE MAIN PARTS, THE FIRST ONE CONTAINING THEORETICAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE RELEVANT ECONOMICAL PATHS IN THE HABSBURG EMPIRE. FURTHERMORE WE DIG DEEPER IN THE PROBLEMS OF MODERNISATION BY PRESENTING THE IMPORTANT ECONOMICAL THEORIES FROM THAT TIME. IN COMPARISON, WE ARE ALSO MAPPING THE SITUATION IN TRANSYLVANIA, A PLACE LARGELY DOMINATED BY ARCHAIC METHODS REGARDING AGRICULTURE, SUPERSTITIONS AND MISBELIEVE REGARDING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MODERNISATION METHODS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE LAST PART OF THE PAPER WILL CONTAIN THE RESULT OF OUR RESEARCH IN THE PERIODICALS OF THE VfSL.