Description: "Paul Honigsheim (1885-1963) is perhaps best known in the US for his contributions to the sociology of music. However, this volume of papers presents another side of the author--as student, colleague, and friend of German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920)... Sica sheds light on Weber as scientist and human being and on the first period of Weber's creativity, which Sica regards as Weber's "lost decade" because "only four essays have entered English language scholarship literally leaving 95 percent ... lost to our knowledge. . .." This work not only enriches our knowledge of Weber the scholar and further illumines his productivity, but brings readers into contact with a promethean figure in a way that might have been otherwise impossible. This volume is required reading, deserving of the widest possible dissemination, and is highly recommended for all libraries." --L. Braude, Choice "[A]ll of Honigsheim's essays provide useful resources for contextualist historians of ideas because they situate Weber, both intellectually and personally, in terms of swarming and darting allusions to a host of mainly German scholars." --Ira J. Cohen, Contemporary Sociology

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