Love or greatness : Max Weber and masculine thinking : a feminist inquiry / Roslyn Wallach Bologh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bologh, Roslyn Wallach.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Weber, Max.

Sociology--Germany--History.

Sociology.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Feminist theory.

Patriarchy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2010, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work, first published in 1990, reissues the first thorough examination of the essentially masculine nature of Max Weber's social and political thinking. Through a detailed examination of his central texts, the author demonstrates Weber's masculine reading of 'social life' and shows how his work advocates a masculine form of life that poses a challenge to contemporary women and to feminism. In particular, she addresses the patriarchal implications of Weber's belief in the need to relegate the ethic of brotherly love to a private sphere in order to make possible rational action and the a

Contents:

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction: Weber, Freud and masculine thinking; Part One: A world of greatness; 2 Strong man; 3 Conflict, action and greatness; 4 Men's world; 5 Imperial greatness; Part Two: The modern world; 6 Modern bureaucrat; 7 Modern hero; 8 Modern "man"; 9 Modern god; Part Three: A world of love; 10 Brotherly love and practical action; 11 Brotherly love and revolution; 12 Brotherly love and culture; 13 Erotic love as coerdon; Part Four: An alternative world

14 Erotic love as sociability. an alternative reality15 Women's world: an alternative rationality; 16 Marx and Weber: an alternative perspective; 17 Love and greatness: an alternative vision; References; Index

Notes:

Originally published: London: Unwin Hayman, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-15642-5

1-135-15643-3

1-282-44403-4

9786612444036

0-203-85733-X

9780203857335

OCLC:

609845500