A founder of contemporary social science, Max Weber was born in
Germany in 1864. At his death 56 years later, he was nationally
known for his scholarly and political writings, but it was the
international reception of his oeuvre over the last forty years
that has made him world-famous. "The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism," "The Economic Ethics of the World Religions"
and his magnum opus, "Economy and Society," with its treatment of
the relations of economics, politics, law and religion, belong to
the great achievements of 20th-century social science.
The groundwork for the posthumous Weber reception was laid by
Weber's widow Marianne, a well-known feminist writer, who followed
up her edition of his collected works with one of the greatest
biographies in a generation that produced many important accounts
of itself. Although unavailable in English until a decade ago, the
importance of Marianne Weber's 1926 work had been widely
understood. Sociologist Robert A. Nisbet called it "a moving and
deeply felt biographical memoir." Historian Gerhard Masur cited the
book as "the foundation of all further inquiries into Max Weber's
life and influence."
Beginning with Max's ancestry and early years, Marianne Weber
guides us through his life as student, young lawyer, scholar and
political writer, quoting liberally from his voluminous
correspondence. Her account of his nervous breakdown after 1897,
which curtailed his academic career but ultimately strengthened his
creative energies, provides deep insight into some of the personal
tensions that troubled him to the end. In addition to her
perceptive personal and intellectual life before the First World
War, describing many scholars, social reformers, politicians and
literary figures within and beyond the famous Heidelberg circle of
the Webers. The new introduction by Guenther Roth situates Marianne
Weber's own role in the contemporary setting and discusses the
current state of Weber research and of the international Weber
reception.
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