Max Weber in politics and social thought : from charisma to canonization / Joshua Derman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derman, Joshua, 1977-

Series:

Ideas in context ; 102.

Ideas in context ; 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Political science--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

History.

Political science--United States--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Political science--Germany--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920--Political and social views.

Weber, Max.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920--Influence.

Political and social views.

Philosophy.

Germany.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 271 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

"Max Weber is widely regarded as one of the foundational thinkers of the twentieth century. But how did this reclusive German scholar manage to leave such an indelible mark on modern political and social thought? Max Weber in Politics and Social Thought is the first comprehensive account of Weber's wide-ranging impact on both German and American intellectuals. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Joshua Derman illuminates what Weber meant to contemporaries in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany and analyzes why they reached for his concepts to articulate such widely divergent understandings of modern life. It also accounts for the transformations that Weber's concepts underwent at the hands of e;migre; and American scholars, and in doing so, elucidates one of the major intellectual movements of the mid-twentieth century: the transatlantic migration of German thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Max Weber and his circles

2. Value freedom and polytheism

3. The meaning of modern capitalism

4. Skepticism and faith

5. Max Weber's sociologies

6. Charismatic rulership

Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-261) and index.

ISBN:

9781107025882

1107025885

OCLC:

793099522