List of Max Weber works
Encyclopedia
This is a chronological list of works by Max Weber
. Original titles with dates of publication and translated titles are given when possible, then a list of works translated
into English
, with earliest-found date of translation. The list of translations is most likely incomplete.
Note: Weber wrote his books in German
. Original titles published after his death (1920) are likely to be compilations of unfinished works (note the 'Collected Essays...' form in the titles). Many translations are of parts or selections from various German originals, and the names of the translations often do not reveal which German works they are drawn from.
Translations of unknown date:
Max Weber
Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research, and the discipline of sociology itself...
. Original titles with dates of publication and translated titles are given when possible, then a list of works translated
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, with earliest-found date of translation. The list of translations is most likely incomplete.
Note: Weber wrote his books in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Original titles published after his death (1920) are likely to be compilations of unfinished works (note the 'Collected Essays...' form in the titles). Many translations are of parts or selections from various German originals, and the names of the translations often do not reveal which German works they are drawn from.
Originals
- Zur Geschichte der Handelgesellschaften im Mittelalter (The History of Medieval Business Organizations) (original - 1889)
- Die Römische Agrargeschichte in ihrer Bedeutung für das Staats- und Privatrecht (Roman Agrarian History and its Significance for Public and Private Law) (original - 1891)
- Die Verhältnisse der Landarbeiter im ostelbischen Deutschland (original - 1892) (Condition of Farm Labor in Eastern Germany)
- Die Börse (original - 1894 to 1896) (The stock exchangeStock exchangeA stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...
) - Der Nationalstaat und die Volkswirtschaftspolitik. (original - 1895) (The National State and Economic Policy) - inaugural lecture at Freiburg University
- Gesammelte Aufsatze zur Religionssoziologie (Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion) (original - 1920 to 1921)
- Gesammelte Politische Schriften (Collected Political Miscellanies) (original - 1921)
- Die rationalen und soziologischen Grundlagen der Musik (Rational and Sociological Foundations of Music) (original - 1921)
- Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre (Collected Essays on Epistemology) (original - 1922)
- Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Soziologie und Sozialpolitik (Collected Essays on Sociology and Social Policy) (original - 1924)
- WirtschaftsgeschichteWirtschaftsgeschichteMax Weber's Wirtschaftsgeschichte was composed by his students from lecture notes shortly after his death. In his General Economic History, Weber creates an institutional theory of the rise of capitalism in the west. Unlike in his Protestant ethic, religion is given a minor role...
(General Economic History) (original - 1924) - Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Economy and Society) (original - 1925)
- Staatssoziologie (Sociology of the State) (original - 1956)
Translations
- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a book written by Max Weber, a German sociologist, economist, and politician. Begun as a series of essays, the original German text was composed in 1904 and 1905, and was translated into English for the first time by Talcott Parsons in 1930...
(original - 1904 to 1905, translation - 1930) - From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (translation - 1947) ISBN 0-19-500462-0
- The Theory of Social and Economic OrganizationThe Theory of Social and Economic OrganizationThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization is a book by Max Weber. See Basic Concepts in Sociology, The Three Types of Legitimate Rule and his other works for summary of many concepts present in that book....
(Talcott ParsonsTalcott ParsonsTalcott Parsons was an American sociologist who served on the faculty of Harvard University from 1927 to 1973....
' translation of volume 1 of Economy and Society) (original - 1915?, translation - 1947) - Max Weber on the Methodology of the Social Sciences (translation 1949)
- General Economic History - The Social Causes of the Decay of Ancient Civilisation (original - 1927, translation 1950)
- The Religion of China: Confucianism and TaoismThe Religion of China: Confucianism and TaoismThe Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism is a book written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist. It was first published in German under the title Konfuzianismus und Taoismus in 1915 and an adapted version appeared in 1920...
(translation - 1951) - Ancient JudaismAncient Judaism (book)Ancient Judaism, also known as Ancient Palestine: Society and Religion, is a book written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist, in early the 20th century. The original edition was in German - the essays on Ancient Judaism appeared originally in the 1917–1919 issues of the Archiv fur...
(original 1917-1920, part of Gesammelte Aufsatze zur Religionssoziologie in 1920-1921, translation - 1952) - Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society (translation - 1954)
- The CityThe City (book)The City is a book by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist. It was published posthumously in 1921. In 1924 it was incorporated into a larger book, Economy and Society. An English translation was made in 1958 and several editions have been released since then...
(original - 1921, translation - 1958) - The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and BuddhismThe Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and BuddhismThe Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Butthism, also known as just The Religion of India, is a book on the sociology of religion written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and sociologist of the early twentieth century. The original edition was in German...
(translation - 1958) - Rational and Social Foundations of Music (translation - 1958)
- The Three Types of Legitimate Rule (translation - 1958)
- Basic Concepts in Sociology (translation - 1962)
- The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations (translation - 1976)
- Critique of Stammler (translation - 1977)
- Economy and Society : An Outline of Interpretive Sociology (translation - 1978)
- On Charisma and Institution Building (translation - 1994)
- Weber: Political Writings (translation - 1994)
- The Russian Revolutions (original - 1905, translation—1995)
- Essays in Economic Sociology (translation - 1999)
Translations of unknown date:
- Roscher and Knies and the Logical Problem of Historical Economics (original? - 1903-1905)
- Sociology of Community (translation - ?)
- Sociology of Religion (translation - ?)
- Sociology of the World Religions: Introduction (translation - ?)
- The Rejection and the Meaning of the World (translation - ?)
- The Objectivity of the Sociological and Social-Political Knowledge, (original? - 1904)
- Politics as a VocationPolitics as a VocationPolitics as a Vocation is an essay by German economist and sociologist Max Weber. It originated in a lecture he gave to the Free Students Union of Munich University, in January 1919, during the German Revolution....
, (original? - 1918) - Science as a Vocation, [?]
- Sociology of Rulership and Religion, (translation-?)
- The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of CapitalismThe Protestant Sects and the Spirit of CapitalismThe Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism is an essay written by Max Weber,The essay is based on Weber's observations of American businessmen in 1904, during a trip he took to visit relatives in Ohio and North Carolina, and to do research in the libraries of American universities that had...
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