This essay reviews two recently published volumes of the Max-Weber-Gesamtausgabe (Collected Works) which contain writings on methodological questions and theoretical problems concerning ‘objectivity’, ‘interpretive understanding’, and ‘value-freedom’. Since many of these texts explicitly address Weber’s views on the writings of Georg Simmel, the essay treats these volumes as an occasion to commemorate the legacy of these two classic theorists of modern capitalism a hundred years after their death. In addition to considering new scholarship on these thinkers, the essay also highlights their relevance to problems and questions still being posed and contemplated today.
OakesGuy (2019) Review of MWG I/12: Verstehende Soziologie und Werturteilsfreiheit. Max Weber Studies19(2): 260–268.
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SimmelGeorg (1997) The metropolis and mental life. In: FrisbyDavidFeatherstoneMike (eds) Simmel on Culture, London: SAGE, pp. 174–183.
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SimmelGeorg (2007) Kant and Goethe: On the history of the modern Weltanschauung, trans. Bleicher, J. Theory, Culture & Society24(6): 159–191.
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Simmel, Georg (2010) The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Chapters with Journal Aphorisms, trans. Andrews, JAY and Levine, DN. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Weber, Marx (2005) Remarks on ‘Technology and Culture’, trans. and ed. Kemple, Thomas. Theory, Culture & Society 22(4): 23–38.
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WeberMax (2008) Max Weber’s Complete Writings on Academic and Political Vocations, trans. Well, Gordon C., ed, Dreijmanis, John. New York: Algora Publishing.
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Weber, Max (2012) Complete Methodological Writings, trans. Bruun, Hans Henrik and ed. Whimster, Sam. London: Routledge.
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Weber, Max (2019) Economy and Society: A New Translation, trans. Tribe, Keith. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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WhimsterSam (2019) Review essay on MWG I/13: Hochschulwesen und Wissenschaftspolitik: On academic freedom. Max Weber Studies19(2): 246–259.
