The article provides a step-by-step reconstruction of the process that led to the new edition of the works of Max Weber. It describes the development of the concept, structure, objectives and criteria of the editorial work involved in elaborating the Max Weber Gesamtausgabe (MWG). In addition it provides an account of the editing process itself and explains how the project was founded and how the team of researchers involved was formed.
Max Weber; Max Weber Gesamtausgabe; Editing; Sociology; History