The scholarly and polemical context

pp. 97-114

in: Martin Albrow, Max Weber's construction of social theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1990

Abstract

The location of Weber's cultural experience at the very centre of the German intellectual tradition was evidenced by the breadth of his interest in the work of his own contemporaries. He maintained a vigilant watch on developments in philosophy, history and across the range of social sciences. His list of correspondents reads like a roll-call of the good and the great of his time.