М. Weber and Weberianism in the context of cultural researches

The purpose of the article is to carry out the reception of M. Weber's concept in the genesis context of the cultural researches field. The methodology of the research consists of using analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, as well as hermeneutical and historical approaches. Scientific novelty. Defining the role of the theoretical M. Weber's heritage and the attempt to classify the concepts of Weberianism in the context of the transformation of the cultural researches field. Conclusions. The article analyses the historical context of the German Humanities at the transition from the 19th century to the 20th century as a background of Weber's interest in the cultural sciences and his focus on methodological individualism in the differentiation logic of the social and the cultural. A classification of the basic representative’s works of Weberian studies (M. McKinon, F. Reis, W. Schlützer) and Weberianism (M. Walzer, J. Pitts), who studied and developed M. Weber's ideas about cultural understanding, is provided. In particular, the meaning and basic interpreting strategies of the Modern particularity and the role of his version of cultural autonomy are explained.