1991 年 1991 巻 4 号 p. 57-68
In this paper we try to consider how Weber's sociological fundamental categories define each other. For this purpose we have to clarify the meanings of some differences between “About Some Categories of Understanding Sociology” and “The Fundamental Concepts of Sociology”. Some matters of importance exist in some relationships between ‘compulsory association’ and ‘voluntary agreement’, ‘value-rationality’ and ‘associative relationship’, ‘(mutual) understanding’ and ‘end-rationality’, etc. Through solving these problems we will be able to comprehend his sociological thought more systematically.