In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

Die Vorlesung über Allgemeine bzw. Theoretische Nationalökonomie gehörte zu Max Webers Zeit zum Lehrkanon eines Ordinarius für Nationalökonomie und Finanzwissenschaft. Weber hielt die umfangreiche Vorlesung bereits in seinem ersten Semester als Professor 1894/95 in Freiburg i.Br. Für den Juristen Weber bedeutete dies, sich binnen kürzester Zeit ein fachfremdes Gebiet zu erschließen. Insgesamt hielt er die Vorlesung sechsmal, zuletzt 1898 in Heidelberg.Die Vorlesung ist uns in Form von Stichwortmanuskripten überliefert. Es handelt sich um Notizen, die sich Weber zur Vorbereitung der Kollegstunden anfertigte, um sie dort in freier Rede vorzutragen. Sie werden nun erstmals vollständig entziffert und in einer sachgemäßen Ordnung vorgelegt. Editorisch aufgearbeitet sind der zugehörige, als Manuskript gedruckte Vorlesungs-"Grundriß" von 1898 sowie zwei ausformulierte Paragraphen. Dem Band hinzugefügt sind Webers Aufzeichnungen zur Spezialvorlesung "Geschichte der Nationalökonomie".Methodisch bezieht Weber Stellung zwischen den Schulen der zeitgenössischen Nationalökonomie. In der Anlage des Stoffes ist er stark historisch ausgerichtet und nimmt daher im Vergleich zu seinen Kollegen eine Sonderstellung ein.Insgesamt liefert die Edition der großen Vorlesung einen Einblick in die methodologischen Grundüberlegungen Max Webers und seine stoffliche Aneignung wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher und wirtschaftshistorischer Themen.

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

Die Vorlesung über Allgemeine bzw. Theoretische Nationalökonomie gehörte zu Max Webers Zeit zum Lehrkanon eines Ordinarius für Nationalökonomie und Finanzwissenschaft. Weber hielt die umfangreiche Vorlesung bereits in seinem ersten Semester als Professor 1894/95 in Freiburg i.Br. Für den Juristen Weber bedeutete dies, sich binnen kürzester Zeit ein fachfremdes Gebiet zu erschließen. Insgesamt hielt er die Vorlesung sechsmal, zuletzt 1898 in Heidelberg.Die Vorlesung ist uns in Form von Stichwortmanuskripten überliefert. Es handelt sich um Notizen, die sich Weber zur Vorbereitung der Kollegstunden anfertigte, um sie dort in freier Rede vorzutragen. Sie werden nun erstmals vollständig entziffert und in einer sachgemäßen Ordnung vorgelegt. Editorisch aufgearbeitet sind der zugehörige, als Manuskript gedruckte Vorlesungs-"Grundriß" von 1898 sowie zwei ausformulierte Paragraphen. Dem Band hinzugefügt sind Webers Aufzeichnungen zur Spezialvorlesung "Geschichte der Nationalökonomie".Methodisch bezieht Weber Stellung zwischen den Schulen der zeitgenössischen Nationalökonomie. In der Anlage des Stoffes ist er stark historisch ausgerichtet und nimmt daher im Vergleich zu seinen Kollegen eine Sonderstellung ein.Insgesamt liefert die Edition der großen Vorlesung einen Einblick in die methodologischen Grundüberlegungen Max Webers und seine stoffliche Aneignung wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher und wirtschaftshistorischer Themen.