In 1861 Oppenheim joined the German Progress Party and edited the Yearbook for Politics and Literature which was banned soon afterwards. He also became a member of the Congress of German Economists, as he was known as an excellent economist and supporter of free trade. He also paid attention to social matters. The occurrences of 1866 worked a great transformation in Oppenheim. He greeted the new order with joy while other liberals were more skeptical. Oppenheim joined the National Liberals and supported Bismarck's strategy for national unification. He wrote two flyers for the elections, one of which only saw limited distribution since the leaders saw it as too radical. After 1870, for the first time he directly discussed practical questions, writing on poor laws and economics. He was also critical of “fanciful thinkers about the future among the teachers in the universities.” In the 1874 election, he was elected Member of the Reichstag representing Reuß ä. L. and took his seat as an expert on the 1869 changes to commercial regulations. In 1877 he lost his seat to a social democrat. In reaction to Bismarck's protectionist policy he split with his party in 1880. Oppenheim's philosophical work is concentrated on parliamentarism the idea of common welfare. He coined the phrase “lectern socialism” (German "Kathedersozialismus"). See also Right Hegelians Notes References Carl Schurz. New York: The McClure Company, 1907. In Chapter XIV of Volume One, Schurz mentions Oppenheim as a member of the salon of German refugees organized by the Russian (of German descent) Baroness von Brüning in St. John's Wood in London. Hermann Lübbe (ed.). Die Hegelsche Rechte. Texte aus den Werken von F. W. Carové, J. E. Erdmann, K. Fischer, E. Gans, H. F. W. Hinrichs, C. L. Michelet, H. B. Oppenheim, K. Rosenkranz und C. Rößler [The Hegelian Right]. Friedrich Frommann Verlag. 1962. External links 1819 births 1880 deaths Politicians from Frankfurt People from the Free City of Frankfurt Jewish German politicians National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians Liberal Union (Germany) politicians Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire 19th-century philosophers German philosophers Jewish philosophers 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers German revolutionaries People of the Revolutions of 1848 University of Göttingen alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of Heidelberg University