# Weber issues Parlament und Regierung im neugeordneten Deutschland as a wartime brochure

Date: 1918

## The fact

In May 1918 [Max Weber](/people/max-weber) published Parlament und Regierung im neugeordneten Deutschland, a ‘Streitschrift’ built from Frankfurter Zeitung articles, attacking Wilhelmine personal rule and arguing for parliamentary selection of leaders. It is still a German power-state text, not a pacifist tract. Democratic gain is institutional, not anti-national.

## Context

Censorship and annexation debates surrounded the FZ series. Weber wanted a Germany that could be a world power with adult institutions. Sharing with FZ does not erase the pamphlet’s author. Do not treat later Bundestag practice as this May 1918 cover.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. May 1918 brochure is not January 1919 Politik als Beruf. Mixed effects of Weber issues Parlament und Regierung im neugeordneten Deutschland as a wartime brochure are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

MWG I/15 at https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/zur-politik-im-weltkrieg-9783161447396 is the official volume for the brochure and its newspaper genesis. SEP at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/ independently treats the parliamentary writings as lifetime political theory.

Official or archival record: MWG I/15 Zur Politik im Weltkrieg (https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/zur-politik-im-weltkrieg-9783161447396; Mohr Siebeck / MWG).

## Significance

Democratic path, modest-to-mid weight. High confidence on May 1918 publication.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is [democratic-resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience). 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: Parlament und Regierung appeared as a brochure in 1918 under Weber’s name. Not established: that it uniquely wrote the Weimar presidency. Contribution is recorded as He expanded Frankfurter Zeitung articles into the May 1918 brochure against personal regime. The newspaper and publisher shared the public. The impact note is A wartime pamphlet for parliamentary government is a democratic-resilience path, modest-to-mid weight, still inside a nationalist power-state frame. The dated heading stays Weber issues Parlament und Regierung im neugeordneten Deutschland as a wartime brochure on 1918-05-01, 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 issues Parlament und Regierung im neugeordneten Deutschland as a wartime brochure. Naming Max Weber does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1918-05-01 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

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/zur-politik-im-weltkrieg-9783161447396
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-parlament-1918