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[[Image:Neurath_Otto_International_Picture_Language.jpg|thumb|350px|''International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype'', 1936, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7633 Log], [[Media:Neurath_Otto_International_Picture_Language.pdf|PDF]].]]
 
[[Image:Neurath_Otto_International_Picture_Language.jpg|thumb|350px|''International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype'', 1936, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7633 Log], [[Media:Neurath_Otto_International_Picture_Language.pdf|PDF]].]]
 
==Publications==
 
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* with Gerd Arntz, et al., ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10828 Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft - Bildstatistisches Elementarwerk]'', Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1930. {{de}}
 
* with Gerd Arntz, et al., ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10828 Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft - Bildstatistisches Elementarwerk]'', Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1930. {{de}}
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* "Bildstatistik nach Wiener Methode", ''Die Volksschule'' 27:12, 1931, pp 569-579. {{de}}
 
* "Bildstatistik nach Wiener Methode", ''Die Volksschule'' 27:12, 1931, pp 569-579. {{de}}
 
** [[Media:Neurath Otto 1931 2017 Pictorial Statistics Following the Vienna Method.pdf|"Pictorial Statistics Following the Vienna Method"]], ''ARTMargins'' 6:1, Feb 2017, pp 108-118. [https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTM_a_00169] {{en}}
 
** [[Media:Neurath Otto 1931 2017 Pictorial Statistics Following the Vienna Method.pdf|"Pictorial Statistics Following the Vienna Method"]], ''ARTMargins'' 6:1, Feb 2017, pp 108-118. [https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTM_a_00169] {{en}}
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* editor, ''Einheitswissenschaft'' book series, 1933-1939. {{de}}
 
* editor, ''Einheitswissenschaft'' book series, 1933-1939. {{de}}
 
** ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=4ef7f67b2d0d9084a946bcce37c7524d Unified Science: The Vienna Circle Monograph Series originally edited by Otto Neurath, now in an English edition]'', intro. Rainer Hegselmann, trans. Hans Kaal, ed. Brian McGuinness, Dordrecht: Reidel, 303 pp. {{en}}
 
** ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=4ef7f67b2d0d9084a946bcce37c7524d Unified Science: The Vienna Circle Monograph Series originally edited by Otto Neurath, now in an English edition]'', intro. Rainer Hegselmann, trans. Hans Kaal, ed. Brian McGuinness, Dordrecht: Reidel, 303 pp. {{en}}
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7633 International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype]'', 1936. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7633 International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype]'', 1936. {{en}}
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* ''Modern Man in the Making'', Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, 160 pp; repr., facs., Zürich: Lars Müller, 2024. [https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/modern-man-making Publisher]. {{en}}
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* ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=19B223F6BA6A567708B17D8F75D83914 Philosophical Papers 1913-1946: With a Bibliography of Neurath in English]'', Dordrecht: Reidel, 1983. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=19B223F6BA6A567708B17D8F75D83914 Philosophical Papers 1913-1946: With a Bibliography of Neurath in English]'', Dordrecht: Reidel, 1983. {{en}}
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* ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9364420AC96B50FF5392BB0C62F6E7FF Economic Writings: Selections, 1904-1945]'', Springer, 2004. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9364420AC96B50FF5392BB0C62F6E7FF Economic Writings: Selections, 1904-1945]'', Springer, 2004. {{en}}
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* ''From Hieroglyphics to Isotype: A Visual Autobiography'', eds. Matthew Eve and Christopher Burke, Hyphen Press, 2011, 224 pp. {{en}}
 
* ''From Hieroglyphics to Isotype: A Visual Autobiography'', eds. Matthew Eve and Christopher Burke, Hyphen Press, 2011, 224 pp. {{en}}
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* [http://www.medienphilosophie.net/neurath/ More]
 
* [http://www.medienphilosophie.net/neurath/ More]
  
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* Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck, Thomas E. Uebel, ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=179C7ED9822F1556CE8D8506868EA3CF Otto Neurath: Philosophy Between Science and Politics]'', Cambridge University Press, 1996. Reviews: [http://www.jstor.org/stable/687757 Mormann] (BJPS 1997), [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02698599808573591?journalCode=cisp20 Okruhlik] (ISPS 1997), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2998500 Ryckman] (PhilRev 1998). {{en}}
 
* Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck, Thomas E. Uebel, ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=179C7ED9822F1556CE8D8506868EA3CF Otto Neurath: Philosophy Between Science and Politics]'', Cambridge University Press, 1996. Reviews: [http://www.jstor.org/stable/687757 Mormann] (BJPS 1997), [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02698599808573591?journalCode=cisp20 Okruhlik] (ISPS 1997), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2998500 Ryckman] (PhilRev 1998). {{en}}
 
* Elisabeth Nemeth, Stefan W. Schmitz, Thomas E. Uebel (eds.), ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9cdb60c6d799f46ab722f49ca5343f9e Otto Neurath's Economics in Context]'', Springer, 2007. {{en}}
 
* Elisabeth Nemeth, Stefan W. Schmitz, Thomas E. Uebel (eds.), ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9cdb60c6d799f46ab722f49ca5343f9e Otto Neurath's Economics in Context]'', Springer, 2007. {{en}}
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* Nader Vossoughian, ''Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis'', Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2008, 176 pp. [http://www.naipublishers.nl/architectuur/neurath_nl.html] Reviews: [http://academia.edu/2318721 Miller] (MM 2010), [http://sci-hub.se/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2010.01119.x Theodore] (JAE 2010), [http://sci-hub.se/10.1162/DESI_r_00060 Young Lee] (DI 2011), [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/books/review/the-design-of-symbols.html?_r=0 Heller] (NYT 2011), [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YFLmGALhotkJ:techcomm.stc.org/wp-content/force-download.php%3Ffile%3Duploads/2012/11/5BookReview_TechComm_Nov4thQrt_WEB.pdf Crawley] (TechComm 2012), [http://sci-hub.se/10.1177/0042098013497275 Ruedi Ray] (UrbStud 2013). {{en}}
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* Nader Vossoughian, ''Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis'', Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2008, 176 pp. [http://www.naipublishers.nl/architectuur/neurath_nl.html] Reviews: [http://academia.edu/2318721 Miller] (MM 2010), [http://sci-hub.st/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2010.01119.x Theodore] (JAE 2010), [http://sci-hub.st/10.1162/DESI_r_00060 Young Lee] (DI 2011), [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/books/review/the-design-of-symbols.html?_r=0 Heller] (NYT 2011), [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YFLmGALhotkJ:techcomm.stc.org/wp-content/force-download.php%3Ffile%3Duploads/2012/11/5BookReview_TechComm_Nov4thQrt_WEB.pdf Crawley] (TechComm 2012), [http://sci-hub.st/10.1177/0042098013497275 Ruedi Ray] (UrbStud 2013). {{en}}
 
* Sophie Elisabeth Hochhäusl, ''[http://txt.architekturtheorie.eu/otto-neurath-city-planning-sophie-hochhaeusl/?lang=en Otto Neurath - City Planning: Proposing a socio-political Map for Modern Urbanism]'', Innsbruck University Press, 2011, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=12b982530f3fb9d50ca86952873c40cc PDF]. {{en}}
 
* Sophie Elisabeth Hochhäusl, ''[http://txt.architekturtheorie.eu/otto-neurath-city-planning-sophie-hochhaeusl/?lang=en Otto Neurath - City Planning: Proposing a socio-political Map for Modern Urbanism]'', Innsbruck University Press, 2011, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=12b982530f3fb9d50ca86952873c40cc PDF]. {{en}}
 
* ''Bildfabriken: Infografik 1920-1945: Fritz Kahn, Otto Neurath et al.'', eds. Helena Doudova, Stephanie Jacobs, and Patrick Rössler, Leipzig: Spector Books, 2018, 176 pp. Catalogue, texts by Stephanie Jacobs, Patrick Rössler, Helena Doudova, Bernd Stiegler, Otto Neurath. [http://spectorbooks.com/bildfabriken] {{de}}
 
* ''Bildfabriken: Infografik 1920-1945: Fritz Kahn, Otto Neurath et al.'', eds. Helena Doudova, Stephanie Jacobs, and Patrick Rössler, Leipzig: Spector Books, 2018, 176 pp. Catalogue, texts by Stephanie Jacobs, Patrick Rössler, Helena Doudova, Bernd Stiegler, Otto Neurath. [http://spectorbooks.com/bildfabriken] {{de}}

Latest revision as of 13:43, 8 January 2024

Otto Neurath (1882, Vienna – 1945, Oxford) was an Austrian economist, economic-historian, Wiener-Kreis philosopher and briefly a politician (he served as a minister under the Bavarian Council Republic). Before he was to flee his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.

In 1924, he opened the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum (GeWiMu) in Vienna, where he devised the Wiener method of visual statistics or isotypes. His objective was to help workers become aware of the economic reality. Two years afterwards he encountered the artist Gerd Arntz, known primarily as a member of the Cologne Progressives group, who settled in Vienna in 1929 to elaborate Neurath’s ideas. When Neurath established the sister institute Isostat in Moscow, Arntz joined him there for extended periods. In 1934 both their operations in Vienna and Moscow were discontinued almost simultaneously. After the civil war in February, the Austro-fascist government of Dolfuss shut down the red GeWiMu – located in the Volkshalle of the Viennese town hall. In Moscow the Isostat fell out of favour, when socialist realism prevailed over ‘anonymity’ and the ‘Western, constructivist, decadent designs.’

Both Neurath and Arntz fled to The Hague, where they compiled statistics for N.W. Posthumus (founder of the International Institute of Social History) in the years 1932-36. In May 1940 Neurath escaped to London, where he ran his fourth institute, the Isotype Institute, from 1942 until his death in 1945. Gerd Arntz took a job at the CBS and attended the review exhibition of his work at the Haags Gemeentemuseum in 1975. (from a newsletter of the International Institute of Social History)

Gerd Arntz, Otto Neurath, et al., Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft: Bildstatistisches Elementarwerk, 1930, Log, PDF.
International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype, 1936, Log, PDF.

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  • Modern Man in the Making, Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, 160 pp; repr., facs., Zürich: Lars Müller, 2024. Publisher. (English)
  • From Hieroglyphics to Isotype: A Visual Autobiography, eds. Matthew Eve and Christopher Burke, Hyphen Press, 2011, 224 pp. (English)

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