Early Economic Sociology and Contextual Economics: The Weber-Wieser Connection

Stefan Kolev

Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 2018, vol. 138, issue 1, 1-30

Abstract: This paper addresses the parallel emergence of economic sociology within the Younger Historical School and the Austrian School. It reconstructs biographically the relationship of two key economic sociologists: Max Weber (1864-1920) and Friedrich von Wieser (1851-1926). Reconstructing Weber’s interactions with the Austrian economists and the joint pursuit of the research program “Social Economics” is illuminating for Weber’s attitude to economics and helps to correct clichés about the irreconcilability between the schools. For contextual economics, understanding the “outsourcing” of contextualism into sociology initiated in the age of Weber and Wieser can be decisive for the future “re-import” into economics.

JEL-codes: A11 B13 B15 B25 B31 P16 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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