The "Objectivity" of Knowledge in Social Science and Social Policy
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}}{{Infobox book
| author = Max Weber
| pub_date = 1904
| language = German
| title_orig = Die 'Objektivität' sozialwissenschaftlicher und sozialpolitischer Erkenntnis
| genre = Essay
| country = Germany
}}
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The "Objectivity" of Knowledge in Social Science and Social Policy ({{langx|de|Die 'Objektivität' sozialwissenschaftlicher und sozialpolitischer Erkenntnis}}) is a 1904 essay written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist, originally published in German in the 1904 issues of the Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialforschung.{{sfnm|1a1=Weber|1y=2012|1p=138|2a1=Swedberg|2a2=Agevall|2y=2016|2p=157}}
The objectivity essay discusses essential concepts of Weber's sociology: "ideal type," "(social) action," "empathic understanding," "imaginary experiment," "value-free analysis," and "objectivity of sociological understanding".
With his objectivity essay, Weber pursued two goals. On the one hand, he wanted to outline the research program of the Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialforschung from his point of view, in particular its position on the question of non-judgmental science. On the other hand, Weber dealt with the question of how objectively valid truths are possible in the field of cultural sciences.{{sfn|Härpfer|Kaden|2020|p=289}}
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General and cited sources
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- {{Cite book |last1=Härpfer |first1=Claudius |title=Max Weber-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung |last2=Kaden |first2=Tom |publisher=J.B. Metzler |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-476-05142-4 |editor-last=Müller |editor-first=Hans-Peter |edition=Second |location=Stuttgart |pages=289–293 |language=de |chapter=Die »Objektivität« sozialwissenschaftlicher und sozialpolitischer Erkenntnis (1904) |doi=10.1007/978-3-476-05142-4_65 |editor-last2=Sigmund |editor-first2=Steffen |s2cid=218931144}}
- {{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Swedberg |first1=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_c3Mcnh8hCgC |title=The Max Weber Dictionary: Key Words and Central Concepts |last2=Agevall |first2=Ola |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-5036-0022-5 |edition=Second |doi=10.1515/9781503600225 |oclc=956984918|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite book |last=Weber |first=Max |title=Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-203-80469-8 |editor-last=Bruun |editor-first=Hans Henrik |edition=First |location=Abingdon-on-Thames |pages=100–138 |language=en |translator-last=Bruun |translator-first=Hans Henrik |chapter=The 'Objectivity' of Knowledge in Social Science and Social Policy |doi=10.4324/9780203804698-4 |doi-broken-date=1 July 2025 |oclc=798534064 |editor-last2=Whimster |editor-first2=Sam |s2cid=220744640}}
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External links
- {{in lang|de}} [https://archive.org/stream/archivfrsozialw00ledegoog#page/n38/mode/2up Online ebook]
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