{"title":"Max WeberPraktische Nationalökonomie. Vorlesungen 1895-1899 by Hanke JanssenMax WeberAbrià der universalen Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Mit- und Nachschriften 1919/20 by Wolfgang Schluchter (review)","authors":"K. Tribe","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116982281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Weber's notion of value spheres is famous but underdeveloped as a theory framework. Prominent sociologists have shown that it can be used as a unifying force in functionalist differentiation theory, and as a tool in the analysis of modernity. One of the theorists in this tradition is Hans L. Zetterberg, who throughout his varied career remained attached to the idea of society as composed of six value spheres or institutional realms. His theorizing on basis of this idea is the perhaps most purposeful and systematized, yet largely unnoticed, effort to develop the value spheres into a theory of society. Zetterberg's works in this realm are examined in an attempt to evaluate their relevance and potential, to put them in the proper context of Weberian and functionalist sociology, and to inspire renewed use of the value spheres in sociology.
摘要:韦伯的价值领域概念是一个著名的理论框架,但作为一个理论框架,它的发展并不完善。杰出的社会学家已经证明,它可以作为功能主义分化理论的统一力量,也可以作为分析现代性的工具。这一传统的理论家之一是汉斯·l·泽特伯格(Hans L. Zetterberg),他在其不同的职业生涯中始终坚持社会由六个价值领域或制度领域组成的观点。他在这一思想的基础上进行的理论化,也许是最有目的性和系统化的,但在很大程度上不被注意到的,将价值领域发展成一种社会理论的努力。泽特伯格在这一领域的作品被审视,试图评估它们的相关性和潜力,将它们置于韦伯和功能主义社会学的适当背景下,并激发社会学中价值领域的更新使用。
{"title":"Weber's value spheres, functional differentiation, and Zetterberg's Many-Splendored Society","authors":"Olof Hallonsten","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Weber's notion of value spheres is famous but underdeveloped as a theory framework. Prominent sociologists have shown that it can be used as a unifying force in functionalist differentiation theory, and as a tool in the analysis of modernity. One of the theorists in this tradition is Hans L. Zetterberg, who throughout his varied career remained attached to the idea of society as composed of six value spheres or institutional realms. His theorizing on basis of this idea is the perhaps most purposeful and systematized, yet largely unnoticed, effort to develop the value spheres into a theory of society. Zetterberg's works in this realm are examined in an attempt to evaluate their relevance and potential, to put them in the proper context of Weberian and functionalist sociology, and to inspire renewed use of the value spheres in sociology.","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130624316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bürgerwelt und Sinnenwelt. Max Webers München by Friedrich Wilhelm Graf (review)","authors":"H. Bruun","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127035093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Germany’s Future Form of State","authors":"M. Weber","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130304402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marianne Webers 'Ehefrau und Mutter in der Rechtsentwicklung'. Beziehungsmodelle zwischen römischem Recht und deutscher Kodifizierung by Evelyn Höbenreich (review)","authors":"K. Kaesling","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131565159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:The relations between Max Weber and his younger brother Alfred have received little attention, and even in the case of the brothers’ joint projects Alfred Weber’s part was minimized or, indeed, suppressed. The article adopts an historical rather than a sociological approach in studying the university- and social policy of the Weber brothers. They argued for academic freedom in the universities, and despite some initial bickering succeeded in getting their ideas adopted by their colleagues at a University Professors Congress. Max was less tolerant of colleagues’ political and methodological position than his brother. Within the framework of the Verein für Sozialpolitik Max and Alfred Weber conjointly advocated social reforms on several occasions. However, the famous inquiry about the workers in large-scale industry led to a serious disagreement between them resulting in appropriate memoranda and lengthy discussions. The article challenges the presentation by the editors of the Max Weber Gesamtausgabe vol I/11. It was Alfred Weber who very early on initiated this inquiry, elaborated the initial plan of research and the questionnaires and codirected the investigations with Gustav Schmoller and Karl Bücher. Max Weber wrote a memorandum which was accepted as additional instruction for the researchers. Alfred Weber was interested in the personal fate of the industrial workers, Max Weber wanted to find out how the entrepreneur could increase their profitability. Max Weber considered the modern capitalist economic order as ‘an unalterable iron cage’ having emerged from the ascetic vocation of the Puritans. His brother denied the iron cage and suggested ways of humanizing the workers’ situation, for instance by job rotation. Above all he advocated permitting the individual – workers and white collar staff alike – to fully develop his personality during his professional life.
{"title":"Max and Alfred Weber I: University- and Social Policy","authors":"E. Demm","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The relations between Max Weber and his younger brother Alfred have received little attention, and even in the case of the brothers’ joint projects Alfred Weber’s part was minimized or, indeed, suppressed. The article adopts an historical rather than a sociological approach in studying the university- and social policy of the Weber brothers. They argued for academic freedom in the universities, and despite some initial bickering succeeded in getting their ideas adopted by their colleagues at a University Professors Congress. Max was less tolerant of colleagues’ political and methodological position than his brother. Within the framework of the Verein für Sozialpolitik Max and Alfred Weber conjointly advocated social reforms on several occasions. However, the famous inquiry about the workers in large-scale industry led to a serious disagreement between them resulting in appropriate memoranda and lengthy discussions. The article challenges the presentation by the editors of the Max Weber Gesamtausgabe vol I/11. It was Alfred Weber who very early on initiated this inquiry, elaborated the initial plan of research and the questionnaires and codirected the investigations with Gustav Schmoller and Karl Bücher. Max Weber wrote a memorandum which was accepted as additional instruction for the researchers. Alfred Weber was interested in the personal fate of the industrial workers, Max Weber wanted to find out how the entrepreneur could increase their profitability. Max Weber considered the modern capitalist economic order as ‘an unalterable iron cage’ having emerged from the ascetic vocation of the Puritans. His brother denied the iron cage and suggested ways of humanizing the workers’ situation, for instance by job rotation. Above all he advocated permitting the individual – workers and white collar staff alike – to fully develop his personality during his professional life.","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128494007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:One of Weber’s most important political writings is introduced and translated into English for the first time. Weeks after the Armistice and the collapse of the German Empire Weber lays out his plans for a new form of German state based on a democratic federal republic. He reviews the advantages and disadvantages of different democratic, legislative, administrative and presidential models. His aim is to save Germany from complete collapse, and his arguments prefigure those of the constituent assembly for the Weimar Republic.
{"title":"Introduction to ‘Germany’s Future Form of State’","authors":"S. Whimster","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:One of Weber’s most important political writings is introduced and translated into English for the first time. Weeks after the Armistice and the collapse of the German Empire Weber lays out his plans for a new form of German state based on a democratic federal republic. He reviews the advantages and disadvantages of different democratic, legislative, administrative and presidential models. His aim is to save Germany from complete collapse, and his arguments prefigure those of the constituent assembly for the Weimar Republic.","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"2 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130707875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revisiting Max Weber's Ethic of Responsibility by Etienne de Villiers (review)","authors":"Sung Ho Kim","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128792027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In spite of the obvious presence of anthropological analysis in his writings, Weber is seldom considered as an anthropologist. We think however that an ‘anthropological moment’ is indeed one of the components of his work: a significant part of his writings deals with so-called ‘archaic’ societies. In the last analysis, his scientific project—the formation of the Western modern rationality—only becomes meaningful through the gap with ‘primitive’ societies. Weber is therefore an anthropologist, in so far as he wants to explain pre-modern societies, and from this analysis he wants to follow concepts that are useful to understand modernity. Anthropology and sociology are inseparable from a historical approach. What distinguishes them is less the method or the objects—religion, social norms, family—than the kind of society/community studied.
{"title":"Max Weber and Anthropology","authors":"Michael Löwy, Eleni Varikas","doi":"10.1353/max.2021.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2021.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In spite of the obvious presence of anthropological analysis in his writings, Weber is seldom considered as an anthropologist. We think however that an ‘anthropological moment’ is indeed one of the components of his work: a significant part of his writings deals with so-called ‘archaic’ societies. In the last analysis, his scientific project—the formation of the Western modern rationality—only becomes meaningful through the gap with ‘primitive’ societies. Weber is therefore an anthropologist, in so far as he wants to explain pre-modern societies, and from this analysis he wants to follow concepts that are useful to understand modernity. Anthropology and sociology are inseparable from a historical approach. What distinguishes them is less the method or the objects—religion, social norms, family—than the kind of society/community studied.","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126168397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Places of memory. Max Weber in 2020: Some personal reflections","authors":"Gangolf Hübinger","doi":"10.1353/max.2020.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/max.2020.0003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":103306,"journal":{"name":"Max Weber Studies","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129638251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}