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M W ’ C ax eber s oMplete W a ritings on CadeMiC and p V olitiCal oCations M W ’ C ax eber s oMplete W a ritings on CadeMiC and p V olitiCal oCations e i dited and With an ntroduCtion by J d ohn reiJManis t g C. W ranslation by ordon ells Algora Publishing New York © 2008 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. 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 aCknoWledgMents Many persons were helpful in the preparation of this book. The assistance of the 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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)

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This is the first edition in any language of all of Max Weber's writings on academic and political vocations. Weber made many significant interpretations of both academic and political vocations in his two lectures on Science as a Vocation (Wissenschaft als Beruf, 1917) and Politics as a Vocation (P