Max Weber's complete writings on academic and political vocations / edited and with an introduction by John Dreijmanis ; translation by Gordon C. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Contributor:

Dreijmanis, John.

Wells, Gordon C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Philosophy.

Education, Higher.

Academic freedom.

Politics, Practical.

Physical Description:

xii, 221 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Weber made many significant interpretations of both academic and political vocations in his two lectures on Science as a Vocation (Wissenschaft als Beruf, 1917) and Politics as a Vocation (Politik als Beruf) 1919), as well as in a series of newspaper articles written between 1908 and 1920. Since these writings are of more than historical interest, there was a need to bring them all together in a single volume. Newly translated and annotated, this collection comprises both lectures plus 32 articles which Weber wrote on academia. Most of these have not been translated before. In the introduction, Prof. Dreijmanis relates the academic and political vocations to each other conceptually, showing that there is considerable overlap and some convergence: the need for passion, an inward calling, as well as career insecurity in both vocations. Dreijmanis then examines the person of Weber and provides a new view of him, in part through the lens of Carl C. Jung's theory of psychological types as further developed by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). As an extravert with a powerful thinking function and intellect, he was driven to take an interest in events outside himself and to speak his mind.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Weber's Personality Type

Weber's Illness

Weber's Two Vocations

Science as a Vocation

Articles on Academia

Politics as a Vocation

The Present and Earlier Translations

Earlier Translations in Chronological Order

Science as a Vocation [167]

1. The Bernhard Case [238]

2. [Unsigned]

3. Message of Congratulations to Gustav Schmoller on his Seventieth Birthday (24 June, 1908) [251]

4. The "Bernhard Case" and Professor Delbrück [253]

5. The Alleged "Academic Freedom" at German Universities[259]

6. Second German Conference of Teachers in Institutions of Higher Education

7. Social Democrats in Academic Teaching Positions [273]

8. Academic Freedom in the Universities [275]

9. Transactions of the Third German Conference of Teachers in Institutions of Higher Education

10. The Conference of Teachers in Institutions of Higher Education[288]

11. Professor Ehrenberg [293]

12. Transactions of the First German Conference of Sociologists

13. The German Sociological Society [308]

14. Challenge to Duel at the University of Heidelberg [310]

15. On the Affair of Dr. Ruge - Professor Weber

16. An Opinion on the University Question [313]

17. American and German Universities: How They Differ[317]

18. German Conference of Teachers in Institutions of Higher Education[324]

19. Professor Max Weber (Heidelberg) on his Speech at the German Higher Education Conference in Dresden[325]

20. Max Weber on the "Althoff System" [332]

21. The Schools of Commerce: A Reply by Professor Max Weber[333]

22. The Prussian Educational Administration and Prof. Max Weber (Heidelberg)[342]

23. Max Weber and the Althoff System [344]

24. Professor Weber on the Althoff System [345]

25. Max Weber, Statement (Memorandum to the Schools of Commerce) [349].

26. Once Again Weber - Althoff [352]

27. Once More the Statements by Professor Dr. Max Weber (Heidelberg) [353]

28. Report on the Activities of the German Sociological Society for the Last Two Years[354]

29. A Catholic University in Salzburg [358]

30. Declaration of Withdrawal from the Allemannia Fraternity [360]

31. Professor Max Weber and the Fraternity Students [362]

32. The Demonstrations at the University [363]

Politics as a Vocation [364]

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-39838-1

9786611398385

0-87586-550-X

OCLC:

476115926