Max
Weber,
Science
as
a
Vocation


• exposé

Max
Weber,
“Science
as
a
Vocation”
'Wissenschaft
als
Beruf,'
from
Gesammlte
Aufsaetze
zur
Wissenschaftslehre
(Tubingen,
1922),
pp.
524‐55.

Originally
delivered
as
a
speech
at
Munich
University,
1918.

Published
in
1919
by
Duncker
&
Humblodt,
Munich.

You
wish
me
to
speak
about
 'Science
as
a
Vocation.'
Now,
we
political
economists
have
a
pedantic
 custom,
 which
 I
 should
 like
 to
 follow,
 of
 always
 beginning
 with
 the
 external
conditions.
In
this
case,
we
begin
with
the
question:
What
are
the
conditions
of
science
as
a
vocation
 in
 the
 material
 sense
 of
 the
 term?
 Today
 this
 question
 means,
 practically
 and
essentially:
 What
 are
 the
 prospects
 of
 a
 graduate
 student
 who
 is
 resolved
 to
 dedicate
himself
professionally
to
science
in
university
life?
In
order
to
understand
the
peculiarity
of
German
conditions
it
is
expedient
to
proceed
by
comparison
and
to
realize
the
conditions
abroad.

• from

• has

• of

• in

• and

• 

in
 science
• from
 his

• to

• problem
 in
 calculation
• socially
 and