Alfred Weber and the Crisis of Culture, 1890–1933

"Alfred Weber, brother of Max and mentor of Karl Mannheim, was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. In response to these crises he developed one of the earliest versions of the sociology of culture and attempted to apply it to the political arena. This definitive study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period, making a long overdue contribution to the history of social science"--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 7 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 9 Part I Alfred Weber in the German Empire, 1890–1918 19 1 The Context of Alfred Weber’s Early Work 20 2 Early Economic Writings, 1897–1908 37 3 Heidelberg and the Empire, 1907–1917 52 4 The Question and Sociology of Culture 66 5 The Cultural Theory of Politics 86 Part II Alfred Weber in the Weimar Republic 102 6 The Weimar Republic and the End of the Discursive Coalition 103 7 The Sociology of Culture in Weimar 118 8 Cultural Politics in Weimar 136 9 Epilogue: Alfred Weber After 1933 160 Appendix 1: A Note on the Translation 166 Appendix 2: Fundamentals of Cultural Sociology: Social Process, Civilizational Process and Cultural Movement (1920) 168 Appendix 3: Cited Works of Alfred Weber 208 Notes 213 Index 244 Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 The Context of Alfred Weber’s Early Work....Pages 13-29 Early Economic Writings, 1897–1908....Pages 31-45 Heidelberg and the Empire, 1907–1917....Pages 47-60 The Question and Sociology of Culture....Pages 61-80 The Cultural Theory of Politics....Pages 81-96 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 The Weimar Republic and the End of the Discursive Coalition....Pages 99-113 The Sociology of Culture in Weimar....Pages 115-132 Cultural Politics in Weimar....Pages 133-156 Epilogue: Alfred Weber After 1933....Pages 157-162 Back Matter....Pages 211-252