# Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’

Date: 1913

## The fact

In 1913 [Max Weber](/people/max-weber) published Über einige Kategorien der verstehenden Soziologie, a method essay that set interpretive sociology’s categories in his lifetime, not as a posthumous textbook chapter dated 1922. Economy and Society manuscripts of the same years are a neighbouring unfinished cluster, stored separately with honest dates. A method essay is not a census.

## Context

Rickert’s Baden neo-Kantianism and Simmel’s forms were the conversation partners. Students needed a portable method while WuG remained a drawer. Sharing with journal editors does not erase the author. Do not pretend Marianne’s 1922 edition is this 1913 article.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 1913 categories are not the 1922 Economy and Society book. Mixed effects of Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’ are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

MWG at https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/ is the official home of the 1913 method text. SEP at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/ independently treats interpretive sociology as a lifetime programme with dated essays.

Official or archival record: Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe — Mohr Siebeck (https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/; Mohr Siebeck / MWG).

## Significance

Education path, modest weight. High confidence on 1913 publication.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access). The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: the Kategorien essay appeared in 1913 under Weber’s name. Not established: that it is identical with later WuG chapter titles in 1922. Contribution is recorded as He authored the 1913 categories essay. Journal editors printed it; it is a lifetime method text, not the 1922 WuG chapter as such. The impact note is A public method essay on Verstehen is an education-access path of modest weight for social science students. The dated heading stays Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’ on 1913-01-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Printers, unnamed clerks, and later editors may appear in the same file without becoming this instrument. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

Shared responsibility is part of Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’. Naming Max Weber does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1913-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Max Weber: https://factrail.ai/people/max-weber

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/
- https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-kategorien-1913