Hans Henrik Bruun
Biographic Data
| ID | 292729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans Henrik Bruun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans Henrik |
| FAMILY NAME | Bruun |
| SIGNATURE | BRUUN H H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0674-2577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Four Dedications and a Crucial Passage
The first instalment of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft and the three volumes of the Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie came out in the year following Max Weber's death in June 1920. Each of these books carries a dedication-to Max Weber's mother, Helene, to his wife, Marianne, and to his two intimate friends, Mina Tobler and Else Jaffé-Richthofen, respectively. In the first part of this article, I try to provide a definitive answer to the qu…
The biodiversity effect of reduced tillage on soil microbiota
The conversion of natural habitats into farmland has been a leading cause of species loss worldwide. Here, we investigated to what extent less intensive soil disturbance can mitigate this loss. Specifically, we examined whether reduced soil disturbance by tillage in agricultural fields could contribute to soil microbial biodiversity by providing a habitat for species that are limited by conventional tillage. To do so, we studied the diversity of …
Politics and Ethics, and the Ethic of Politics
This chapter first examines Max Weber’s views on the relationship between ethics and politics. Weber maintained that there is an ineradicable conflict between the ultimate value spheres, each of which has its own inherent logic; consequently, he rejected the idea that politics could build on ethical foundations. Moreover, he pointed to an essential conflict within the sphere of politics between two radically different “ethics”: the ethic of convi…
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
First published in 1972, this book on Weber's methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the original text, and translated the numerous German quotations into English. He has also added a new introduction, where he discusses major issues raised in the relevant secondary literature since 1972. The author traces the relationship between values and scie…
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Weber's sociology-'verstehend' or 'deutend
When translating Max Weber's methodological writings, I had to consider the (de)merits of the ‘received’ translation of ‘verstehende Soziologie’ as ‘interpretive sociology’; and this led me to the present, detailed study of Weber's discussion and use of the terms ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’. I conclude that, although, in Weber's work, ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’ form a sort of methodological amalgam, ‘Deuten’ typically indicates a necessary process hav…
Max Weber
Weber’s methodological writings form the bedrock of key ideas across the social sciences. His discussion of value freedom and value commitment, causality, understanding and explanation, theory building and ideal types have been of fundamental importance, and their impact remains undiminished today. These ideas influence the current research practice of sociologists, historians, economists and political scientists and are central to debates in the…
On Some Categories of Interpretive Sociology 1
Effectiveness of Strict vs. Multiple Use Protected Areas in Reducing Tropical Forest Fires
Protected areas (PAs) cover a quarter of the tropical forest estate. Yet there is debate over the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation, especially when local people have rights to use the forest. A key analytic problem is the likely placement of PAs on marginal lands with low pressure for deforestation, biasing comparisons between protected and unprotected areas. Using matching techniques to control for this bias, this paper analyzes th…
Max Weber
Objectivity, Value Spheres, and “Inherent Laws
I give an account of Max Weber's views concerning the basis of the objectivity of the cultural sciences. In this connection, I offer a critical discussion of his distinction between different “value spheres,” each with its own “intrinsic logic.” I then consider parallels between Weber's “value spheres” and central elements of Bourdieu's field theory and Luhmann's systems theory, and try to show to what extent Bourdieu's and Luhmann's problems, an…
The Max Weber Dictionary
Book Reviews 127 editors provide a thorough elucidation of the meaning and value of science, the process of 'disenschantment' [Entzauberung], the bureaucratization of politics and the world, as well as noting other key Weberian themes. A brief discussion, however, of Weber's difficult style would have been in order. In the suggestions for further reading, Marianne Weber's biography is listed, but not the later (1988) reprint with Günther Roth's i…
En klassiker - død eller levende
Hans Henrik Bruun: A Classic – Dead or Alive? What Use is Max Weber today? This article, based on the author’s Inaugural Lecture, discusses two related questions. The first question is how to deal with the great classics of sociology. And the second is to what extent Max Weber – arguably the greatest sociological classic of them all – is still relevant today. As for the study of sociological classics, it is important to keep the original context …
The Past Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Dispersal of Plant Seeds in the Landscape of Denmark
The recent decline in species richness in (semi)-natural habitats in northern Europe has largely been attributable to habitat destruction, and to subsequent limitation in seed dispersal among fragments. However, some habitat types were probably split up already in the historical landscape, but the segregated parts were probably not isolated to the present degree. This paper seeks evidence for livestock as vectors for propagules at 3 spatial scale…
The Past Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Dispersal of Plant Seeds in the Landscape of Denmark
The recent decline in species richness in (semi)-natural habitats in northern Europe has largely been attributable to habitat destruction, and to subsequent limitation in seed dispersal among fragments. However, some habitat types were probably split up already in the historical landscape, but the segregated parts were probably not isolated to the present degree. This paper seeks evidence for livestock as vectors for propagules at 3 spatial scale…
Miraculous Mandarins? Investigating the Functions and Influence of Bureaucracy in Foreign Policy
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Contents: Series Editor's preface Preface Introduction Values as a problem of scientific inquiry: value freedom Values as a precondition of scientific inquiry: value relation Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: value analysis Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: the ideal type The complementary relation of values and scientific inquiry: politics and science Bibliography Name index Subject Index
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Contents: Series Editor's preface Preface Introduction Values as a problem of scientific inquiry: value freedom Values as a precondition of scientific inquiry: value relation Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: value analysis Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: the ideal type The complementary relation of values and scientific inquiry: politics and science Bibliography Name index Subject Index
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Objectivity, Value Spheres, and “Inherent Laws
I give an account of Max Weber's views concerning the basis of the objectivity of the cultural sciences. In this connection, I offer a critical discussion of his distinction between different “value spheres,” each with its own “intrinsic logic.” I then consider parallels between Weber's “value spheres” and central elements of Bourdieu's field theory and Luhmann's systems theory, and try to show to what extent Bourdieu's and Luhmann's problems, an…
Weber's sociology-'verstehend' or 'deutend
When translating Max Weber's methodological writings, I had to consider the (de)merits of the ‘received’ translation of ‘verstehende Soziologie’ as ‘interpretive sociology’; and this led me to the present, detailed study of Weber's discussion and use of the terms ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’. I conclude that, although, in Weber's work, ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’ form a sort of methodological amalgam, ‘Deuten’ typically indicates a necessary process hav…
The Past Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Dispersal of Plant Seeds in the Landscape of Denmark
The recent decline in species richness in (semi)-natural habitats in northern Europe has largely been attributable to habitat destruction, and to subsequent limitation in seed dispersal among fragments. However, some habitat types were probably split up already in the historical landscape, but the segregated parts were probably not isolated to the present degree. This paper seeks evidence for livestock as vectors for propagules at 3 spatial scale…
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Contents: Series Editor's preface Preface Introduction Values as a problem of scientific inquiry: value freedom Values as a precondition of scientific inquiry: value relation Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: value analysis Values as an instrument of scientific inquiry: the ideal type The complementary relation of values and scientific inquiry: politics and science Bibliography Name index Subject Index
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Miraculous Mandarins? Investigating the Functions and Influence of Bureaucracy in Foreign Policy
The Past Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Dispersal of Plant Seeds in the Landscape of Denmark
The recent decline in species richness in (semi)-natural habitats in northern Europe has largely been attributable to habitat destruction, and to subsequent limitation in seed dispersal among fragments. However, some habitat types were probably split up already in the historical landscape, but the segregated parts were probably not isolated to the present degree. This paper seeks evidence for livestock as vectors for propagules at 3 spatial scale…
The Past Impact of Livestock Husbandry on Dispersal of Plant Seeds in the Landscape of Denmark
The recent decline in species richness in (semi)-natural habitats in northern Europe has largely been attributable to habitat destruction, and to subsequent limitation in seed dispersal among fragments. However, some habitat types were probably split up already in the historical landscape, but the segregated parts were probably not isolated to the present degree. This paper seeks evidence for livestock as vectors for propagules at 3 spatial scale…
En klassiker - død eller levende
Hans Henrik Bruun: A Classic – Dead or Alive? What Use is Max Weber today? This article, based on the author’s Inaugural Lecture, discusses two related questions. The first question is how to deal with the great classics of sociology. And the second is to what extent Max Weber – arguably the greatest sociological classic of them all – is still relevant today. As for the study of sociological classics, it is important to keep the original context …
The Max Weber Dictionary
Book Reviews 127 editors provide a thorough elucidation of the meaning and value of science, the process of 'disenschantment' [Entzauberung], the bureaucratization of politics and the world, as well as noting other key Weberian themes. A brief discussion, however, of Weber's difficult style would have been in order. In the suggestions for further reading, Marianne Weber's biography is listed, but not the later (1988) reprint with Günther Roth's i…
Objectivity, Value Spheres, and “Inherent Laws
I give an account of Max Weber's views concerning the basis of the objectivity of the cultural sciences. In this connection, I offer a critical discussion of his distinction between different “value spheres,” each with its own “intrinsic logic.” I then consider parallels between Weber's “value spheres” and central elements of Bourdieu's field theory and Luhmann's systems theory, and try to show to what extent Bourdieu's and Luhmann's problems, an…
Effectiveness of Strict vs. Multiple Use Protected Areas in Reducing Tropical Forest Fires
Protected areas (PAs) cover a quarter of the tropical forest estate. Yet there is debate over the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation, especially when local people have rights to use the forest. A key analytic problem is the likely placement of PAs on marginal lands with low pressure for deforestation, biasing comparisons between protected and unprotected areas. Using matching techniques to control for this bias, this paper analyzes th…
Max Weber
Max Weber
Weber’s methodological writings form the bedrock of key ideas across the social sciences. His discussion of value freedom and value commitment, causality, understanding and explanation, theory building and ideal types have been of fundamental importance, and their impact remains undiminished today. These ideas influence the current research practice of sociologists, historians, economists and political scientists and are central to debates in the…
On Some Categories of Interpretive Sociology 1
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
First published in 1972, this book on Weber's methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the original text, and translated the numerous German quotations into English. He has also added a new introduction, where he discusses major issues raised in the relevant secondary literature since 1972. The author traces the relationship between values and scie…
Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology
Weber's sociology-'verstehend' or 'deutend
When translating Max Weber's methodological writings, I had to consider the (de)merits of the ‘received’ translation of ‘verstehende Soziologie’ as ‘interpretive sociology’; and this led me to the present, detailed study of Weber's discussion and use of the terms ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’. I conclude that, although, in Weber's work, ‘Verstehen’ and ‘Deuten’ form a sort of methodological amalgam, ‘Deuten’ typically indicates a necessary process hav…
Politics and Ethics, and the Ethic of Politics
This chapter first examines Max Weber’s views on the relationship between ethics and politics. Weber maintained that there is an ineradicable conflict between the ultimate value spheres, each of which has its own inherent logic; consequently, he rejected the idea that politics could build on ethical foundations. Moreover, he pointed to an essential conflict within the sphere of politics between two radically different “ethics”: the ethic of convi…
The biodiversity effect of reduced tillage on soil microbiota
The conversion of natural habitats into farmland has been a leading cause of species loss worldwide. Here, we investigated to what extent less intensive soil disturbance can mitigate this loss. Specifically, we examined whether reduced soil disturbance by tillage in agricultural fields could contribute to soil microbial biodiversity by providing a habitat for species that are limited by conventional tillage. To do so, we studied the diversity of …
Four Dedications and a Crucial Passage
The first instalment of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft and the three volumes of the Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie came out in the year following Max Weber's death in June 1920. Each of these books carries a dedication-to Max Weber's mother, Helene, to his wife, Marianne, and to his two intimate friends, Mina Tobler and Else Jaffé-Richthofen, respectively. In the first part of this article, I try to provide a definitive answer to the qu…
Philosophy (10 works) · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (5 works) · Agroforestry (4 works) · Biology (4 works)