Cameralism, so called Political Sciences, and the Rationale behind the Austrian Economic and Administrative Reforms in the Second Half of 18th Century Focusing on the Czech Lands
2018
Abstrakt
The purpose of the paper is to define cameralism and political sciences in the context of the second half of the 18th century in the Habsburg Monarchy considering in particular the lands of the Bohemian Crown, to characterise enlightened absolutism and to describe the ideational background and the formation of the scientific basis at the universities of Vienna and Prague. The paper introduces in more detail the professor and Hofrat, Joseph Sonnenfels (1733-1817) from Vienna, Joseph Ignatz Butschek (1741-1821) from the Prague University, and some of their economic ideas which reflected in the reforms and measures of Maria Theresa and Joseph II.