The article examines the economics courses given by Max Weber in Freiburg and Heidelberg at the end of the nineteenth century and aims to situate the author within the context of the intellectual discussions of the time. Looking to shed more light on Weber's position, the text explores various aspects of how economics was taught in German universities at the time, as well as the discipline's understanding of methods, objects and objectives. In so doing, it provides new ways of thinking about Weber's position vis-à-vis the 'methodological controversy' (Methodenstreit) between the Historical and Austrian Schools, between economic history and economic theory, and of assessing the impact of these courses on Weber's thought in general.
Max Weber; Max Weber Gesamtausgabe; Economics; Methodological controversy; Historical School; Marginal utility theory; Economic history