Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings (Weber in Translation)

Book Details
• Author: Henrik Bruun, Hans
• Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Edition: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of Pages: 566
• Release Date: 13-12-2013
• EAN: 9781138019676
• Languages: English

Details:
Weber’s methodological writings form the bedrock of key ideas across the social sciences. His discussion of value freedom and value commitment, causality, understanding and explanation, theory building and ideal types have been of fundamental importance, and their impact remains undiminished today. These ideas influence the current research practice of sociologists, historians, economists and political scientists and are central to debates in the philosophy of social science.

Edited by two of the world's leading Weber scholars, Collected Methodological Writings provides a completely new, accurate, and reliable translation of Weber’s extensive output, including previously untranslated letters. Accompanying editorial commentary explains the context of, and interconnections between, all these writings. Additional features include a glossary of German terms and an English key, endnotes, bibliography, and person and subject indexes.

Reviews:

• W. G. Runciman in Times Literary Supplement praises the work for its immense contribution to the English-speaking community.

• Hubert Treiber in Max Weber Studies commends the translation for making Weber's methodological writings accessible for the international study community.

• Stephen Turner in European Journal of Sociology acknowledges the work as the most authoritative and complete collection of Weber’s methodological writings.

About the Author:

• Hans Henrik Bruun: Adjunct Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. He collaborated on the first comprehensive Danish translation of Weber’s selected writings.

• Sam Whimster: Professor at the Global Policy Institute, London, and Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study ("Recht als Kultur"), University of Bonn. He has authored several works on Weber, including Reforming the City: Responses to the global financial crisis (2009) and Max Weber, Rationality and Modernity (1987)