The ''Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik'' (, English: ''Archives for Social Science and Social Welfare'') was an

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for the

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in Germany between 1888 and 1933. Its first

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were Edgar Jaffé,

Werner Sombart Werner Sombart (; ; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist and sociologist, the head of the "Youngest Historical School" and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. ...

, and Max Weber. The latter published his seminal essay ''The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'' in the journal in two parts in 1904 and 1905. Jaffé bought the journal in 1903 for 60000 Mark from the Social Democrat

Heinrich Braun Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (1 January 1862 – 26 April 1934) was a German surgeon remembered for his work in the field of anaesthesiology. He was a native of Rawitsch, Province of Posen (today called Rawicz, Poland). Braun attended the K ...

, who had founded and edited the journal under the title ''Archiv für soziale Gesetzgebung und Statistik (Archive for Social Legislation and Statistics)'' since 1888 and changed its title to ''Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik'' in 1904. In 1933, when the

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gained power in Germany, the last editor of the Archive, then-editor Emil Lederer and half of the editorial staff of the journal were forced to emigrate and the journal ceased to exist.

Essays published in the ''Archiv''

* Max Weber, "

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ''The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'' (german: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) is a book written by Max Weber, a German sociologist, economist, and politician. Begun as a series of essays, the original ...

" ("Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus"), ''Archiv für Sozialwissenschaften'' 20, no. 1 (1904), pp. 1–54; 21, no. 1 (1905), pp. 1–110. *

Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and Sociology, sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberali ...

, "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth" ("Die Wirtschaftsrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeinwesen"), ''Archiv für Sozialwissenschaften'' 47, no. 1 (1920), pp. 86–121.

References

External links

* Volumes at

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