How to Read Weber in Portuguese? A Comparative Translation Proposal of the Works On Some Categories of Comprehensive Sociology (1913) and Fundamental Sociological Concepts (1921)

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n2e45542

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Max Weber, translation, fundamental sociological concepts

Abstract

Since the first publications of Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe, the debate about the translation of Weber's writings has gained a new relevance through the works of Keith Tribe, in the United States; Jean-Pierre Grossein, in France; Michele Basso and Reinhard Schmidt in Italy; and Álvaro Laiz and Gill Villegas in Mexico. Inspired by the motivation to contribute to the debate of Weberian lexicon’s translations in Brazil, we propose to further discuss the canonical translation of the central concepts found in “On some categories of Comprehensive Sociology (a text originally published in 1913 and translated by Augustin Wernet in Brazil), comparing and analyzing it to “Fundamental Sociological Concepts” (a Brazilian version essay translated in 1921 by Regis and Karen Barbosa). Bearing in mind that the 1921 text is an improved and updated version of the 1913 one, when comparing its conceptual structure with that of 1913, we suggest translations that reveal an interconnexion between same level concepts in both texts.

Author Biographies

Carlos Eduardo Sell, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Doctor in Political Sociology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2004). Professor at the Department and the Graduate Program in Sociology and Political Science at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Research funded by CNPq (Process No. 311320/2020-1).

Bruna dos Santos Bolda, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Master in Political Sociology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2020). Doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Sociology and Political Science at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Research funded by CNPq (Process No. 131839/2018-7).

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2022-09-27

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SELL, Carlos Eduardo; BOLDA, Bruna dos Santos. How to Read Weber in Portuguese? A Comparative Translation Proposal of the Works On Some Categories of Comprehensive Sociology (1913) and Fundamental Sociological Concepts (1921). Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 27, n. 2, p. 1–23, 2022. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n2e45542. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/45542. Acesso em: 24 aug. 2024.

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