Abstract
The article analyzes the influences of the revolutionary process of 1918-1919 in Germany on Max Weber’s analysis of socialism. From his interlocution with the economic theories of Otto Neurath and from his critical analysis of the work of the intellectuals and political leaders of this movement, the reflections of this event are demonstrated in his writings of economic sociology (in particular in the second chapter of Economy and Society - Sociological Categories of Economic Action) and political sociology (particularly in Politics as Profession). His economic-political reflections on socialism are contextualized and articulated with his theory of rationalization, aiming to interpret this movement sociologically from the categories of bureaucratization and charisma, as well as from the antinomy between formal and material rationality.
Keywords:
Max Weber; Socialism; Revolution; Councils; November Revolution