Max Weber's Complete Writings on Academic and Political Vocations

235 Pages·2008·0.91 MB·English

by  Max Weber

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ritings on CadeMiC and
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dited and With an ntroduCtion by
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ranslation by ordon ells
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data —
Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Max Weber’s complete writings on academic and political vocations / edited and
with an introduction by John Dreijmanis; translation by Gordon C. Wells.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-548-5 (trade paper: alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-549-2 (hard cover: alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-550-8 (ebook)
1. Education, Higher—Philosophy. 2. Academic freedom. 3. Politics, Practical. I.
Dreijmanis, John. II. Title.
LB775.W3724 2008
378.001—dc22
2007035156
Printed in the United States
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following is gratefully acknowledged:
John Beebe, James W. Binns, Werner Bonefeld, Ulrich von Bülow, Annie
Callaghan, David Chalcraft, Michael Chambers, Rima Devereaux, Jürgen
Eichberger, Herbert Eiden, Sven Eliaeson, Bernhard Fleischmann, Jörg Frommer,
Sabine Frommer, Thomas Fuchs, Mihoko Fukushima, the Institute of Translation
and Interpreting (German Network), John Giannini, Felix Grigat, Edith Hanke,
Michael Hartmer, Sarah Jackson, Matthias Jaroch, Jamelyn R. Johnson, Suzanne
Kirkbright, Daniela Krämer, Sven Kuttner, Noriko Layfield, Tzu-Wen (Joyce)
Lin, Roderick Main, Charlotte McDonaugh, Klaus D. McDonald-Maier, Arthur
Mitzman, Gregory Moore, Matteo Montonati, Ahmad Musa, Cinara Nahra,
Joachim Radkau, Stephan Renner, Ulla Rieck, Guenther Roth, Kurt Salamun,
Joachim Sauerland, Kurt Schneider, Thomas Schneider, Georg Siebeck, Malati
Singh, Sandrine Singleton-Perrin, Julie Snell, Rosalind M. Temple, Adrian Udenze,
Sam Whimster, and Jan Wiebers.
John Dreijmanis
Universität Bremen

MAX WEBER
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TRUTH after the setting of the sun
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
And we who doubted any middle way
Bless early steps like these as well we may,
Before the statements your pure voice is heard,
Your smile gives heart to loyalty that’s stirred
And roused in wrath…for you we’ll risk the task,
And questions with no answer we will ask.
Friedrich Gundolf (born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger)
(1880–1931)