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"'''Politics as a Vocation'''" ({{langx|de|Politik als Beruf}}) is an essay by German economist and sociologist [[Max Weber]] (1864–1920). It originated in the second lecture of a series (the first was ''[[Science as a Vocation]]'') he gave in [[Munich]] to the "Free (i.e. Non-[[Studentenverbindung|incorporated]]) Students Union" of [[Bavaria]] on 28 January 1919.  This happened during the [[German Revolution of 1918–19|German Revolution]] when Munich itself was briefly the capital of the [[Bavarian Socialist Republic]]. Weber gave the speech based on handwritten notes which were transcribed by a [[stenographer]].  The essay was published in an extended version in July 1919, and translated into English only after World War II.  The essay is today regarded as a classic work of [[political science]] and [[sociology]].