Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe (MWG)

Max Weber Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe

Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Schluchter in Zusammenarbeit mit Joachim Schröder

[An Outline of General Social and Economic History. Volume III/6: Outline of Universal Social and Economic History. Lecture Notes and Transcripts 1919-1920.]

The major text presented in this volume appeared in English in 1927 as Max Weber’s General Economic History. It is, however, not an original Weber text, but a reconstruction of a lecture delivered during the winter term 1919/20. In this volume of the Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe, the reconstruction is presented in a historical-critical manner and combined with lecture notes by students unpublished till now.   (read more...)

Prenatal diagnosis

Gabriela Brahier Medizinische Prognosen im Horizont eigener Lebensführung

[Medical Prognoses in the Context of One’s Own Lifestyle. The Structure of Ethical Decision-Making Processes as Exemplified by Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis.]

Women having to decide whether or not to have a genetic test of their unborn child are caught between a medical prognosis and the anticipation of their own future life. Gabriela Brahier shows how ethics which conform to the personal values of those concerned can aid the decision-making.   (read more...)

Hermann Heller

Michael Henkel Hermann Hellers Theorie der Politik und des Staates

Die Geburt der Politikwissenschaft aus dem Geiste der Soziologie

[Hermann Heller’s Theory of Politics and the State.The Birth of Political Science from the Spirit of Sociology.]

Hermann Heller developed a modern theory of politics as a whole which made him the father of political science in Germany. Michael Henkel traces the internal development of Heller’s work, provides the first analysis of his basic concepts of social theory and does a systematic reconstruction of Heller’s later theories.   (read more...)

Arnold Gehlen

Friedrich Ley Arnold Gehlens Begriff der Religion

Ritual - Institution - Subjektivität

[Arnold Gehlen's Concept of Religion. Ritual - Institution – Subjectivity.]

Friedrich Ley studies the Arnold Gehlen's cultural anthropology as it pertains to the theory of religion. He identifies those themes which deal with the theory of religion and gives a complete portrayal of the author's works.   (read more...)