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Paul Honigsheim is unique. One of the select few who regularly participated in the Weber-Kreis in Heidelberg during the 1910s, Honigsheim's special place within Weber's world adds a degree of credibility to his writings matched by few others. In the late 1940s Honigsheim published four essays from what might be called Weber's "lost decade," the period during which Weber established his reputation in Germany as the most versatile and brilliant of the younger social scientists. Together in one volume for the first time, these essays reveal portions of Weber's work previously unavailable in English. In the opening essay, "Max Weber as Rural Sociologist," Honigsheim treats Weber's essays on Russia, Poland, and other works in economic history. He offers a point of departure for those wishing to probe Weber's celebrated and misconstrued distaste for traditional Slavic social structure. In "Max Weber as Applied Anthropologist," Honigsheim examines Weber's commitment to the study of race, ethnicity, and nationalism as mediated by ethnic attachments, social policy formation, handicraft economies, and what he calls "Ethno-Politics." "Max Weber as Historian of Agriculture and Rural Life" is a masterpiece of exegesis and comparative inquiry. The final essay, "Max Weber: His Religious and Ethical Background and Development," acts as a minor corrective and addendum to Marianne Weber's biography. The book concludes with Honigsheim's reminiscences of the Weber circle. Interest in the work and person of Max Weber grows with each year. From his writings the reader may glean the finer shades and contours of thoughts that arise from private exchanges between Honigsheim and Max Weber. This volume will interest a broad spectrum of social scientists.
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The Unknown Max Weber
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The Unknown Max Weber Paul Honigsheim Edited and with an introduction by Alan Ska
Transaction Publishers New Brunswick (U.S.A.) and London (U.K.)
First paperback printing 2003 Copyright © 2000 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction Publishers, Rutgers—The State University, 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8042. This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 00-034405 ISBN: 0-7658-0015-2 (cloth); 0-7658-0953-2 (paper) Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Honigsheim, Paul, 1885-1963 The unknown Max Weber / Paul Honigsheim ; edited and with an introduction by Alan Sica. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7658-0953-2 (alk. paper) 1. Weber, Max, 1864-1920—Contributions in social sciences I. Sica, Alan, 1949- II. Title. H59. W4 H65 2000 300—dc21
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Contents Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction: Paul Honigsheim and Max Weber's Lost Decade
ix
Alan Sica Foreword to On Max Weber (1962)
xxiii
Part 1: The Unknown Max Weber 1.
Max Weber as Rural Sociologist
3
2.
Max Weber as Applied Anthropologist
17
3.
Max Weber as Historian of Agricultural and Rural Life
33
4.
Max Weber: His Religious and Ethical Background and Development
99
Part 2: On Max Weber 5.
Memories of Max Weber
123
6.
Max Weber
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