Max Weber, l'économie et l'histoire

Max Weber, Economics and History. H. Bruhns. This article aims to highlight the importance of considering Max Weber as belonging to the field of Economics for the complete understanding of his work. The author's purpose is to examine if Weber's unique position between the German School of History and the Theory of Economics, mainly the Austrian School, could be taken as a starting point for reconsidering the relationship between History and Economics in his work and for clarifying different ways historians make use of his work. The debates on Weberian concepts and models applied to Ancient Economy serve as good examples to prove the need to see each of his separate writings in the overall context of his entire work and to give more importance to the main scientific problem Weber deals with—the formation of the modern economic system and its cultural significance—than to the often overemphasized methodological or epistemological dimension.Bruhns Hinnerk. Max Weber, l'économie et l'histoire. In: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 51ᵉ année, N. 6, 1996. pp. 1259-1287