The Many Max Webers

Sahni, Isher-Paul

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“…It is of course customary to divide Weber's early and later work with 1912 being a possible watershed (Sahni, 2003). However, we prefer Swedberg's (1998) tripartite classification of the period: up until 1898; Weber's reemergence from illness and subsequent middle period, 1903-9; and then the later period of 1910-20.…”

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The Protestant Ethic thesis: Weber’s missing psychology

Mather

2005

History of the Human Sciences

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Commentators on Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism have tended to view that work within the context of world-historical social processes and change. Recently, more literary forms of analyses have come to the fore emphasizing Weber’s indebtedness to the philosophical/literary efforts of Nietzsche and Goethe, among others. The following offers the preliminary observation that the concept of ‘drive’ understood as a mode of psychological operation and process considerably complicates any possible interpretation of the essay itself. Weber’s refusal to specify the exact nature and extent of the psychological Antriebe underlying his rational actor may make a decisive interpretation of the text impossible. Nevertheless, there may be good reason for supposing that Weber’s usage of the terms ‘drive’ and ‘maxim’ is indicative of a Fichtean synthesis of anthropological impulses and the operations of the rational intellect via his reading of Hugo Münsterberg.

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The Protestant Ethic thesis: Weber’s missing psychology

Mather

2005

History of the Human Sciences

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Causes and Consequences: Responsibility in the Political Thought of Max Weber

O'Donovan

2011

Polity

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Many scholars view Max Weber's exposition of an "ethic of responsibility" in his 1919 lecture "Politik als Beruf" as a defense of pragmatic political action. This article re-examines Weber's argument in the context of his social scientific writings. It argues that Weber's political "ethic" is far more demanding than commentators have hitherto supposed. The conception of responsibility that emerges from Weber's work poses a serious challenge to the conventional modern equation of "acting responsibly" with "pursuing collectively desirable ends in an instrumentally rational fashion." Polity (2011) 43, 84-105.The rhetoric of responsibility and realism has played a prominent role in political discourse over the last decade. The new-or, at least, newly appreciatedthreats presented by terrorist networks and rogue states are said to render "responsible" political decision making more important than ever before. 1 Responsible political decision making supposedly requires us to "face the world as it is," however much we might wish it were otherwise. 2 Conversely, those who oppose so-called responsible leaders are dismissed as ignorant of the facts of the matter, reckless rather than risk-averse, and misguided in their moral reasoning.

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Elements of evolutionism in Max Weber?s socio-musical theory of rationalization

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Sociologija kulture i sociologija umetnosti nisu discipline koje se primarno dovode u vezu sa delatnošću jednog 'klasičnog' sociologa poput Maksa Vebera (Max Weber). Smatran jednim od osnivača same sociološke discipline, privlačan kako zbog sadržine svojih dela, tako i zbog metodoloških postupaka koje je primenjivao, Veber je skoro u potpunosti razumevan u kontekstu proučavanja problema istorijske, političke i ekonomske sociologije, kao i sociologije prava i religije. Društvena stratifikacija, proučavanje institucija i organizacija, te pitanje metodologije društvenih nauka, čine, stoga, bazični korpus fenomena koji, po pravilu, zahtevaju pozivanje na koncepte koje je razradio ovaj autor. U skladu s tim, literatura o Veberu pokazuje se kao kvantitativno obimna, ali, ipak, ograničena kada se uzmu u obzir svi problemi kojima se ovaj autor bavio. Uobličena u okvirima navedenih problema i disciplina, "veberijanska paradigma" u društvenim naukama tradicionalno je apstrahovala jedno polje Veberovog rada koje se ponekad naziva i "misterioznom rupom" u Veberovom stvaralaštvu (Scaff, 2005: 2). "Misterija" u opusu ovog sociološkog klasika počela je, međutim, da se razotkriva krajem 20. i početkom 21. veka u okviru (doduše, sporadičnog, ali, ipak, primetnog) interesovanja za Veberove doprinose sociološkoj analizi kulture. Veberova zamisao o pisanju sociološkokulturne studije, čiju je realizaciju prekinula iznenadna smrt autora, bila je izuzetno ambiciozna, složena i sveobuhvatna. Naime, u poslednjoj deceniji svoga života (od 1910. do 1920. godine) ovaj autor je počeo da se bavi mnogobrojnim aspektima moderne kulture, a njegova ideja o pisanju studije posvećene sociologiji kulture trebalo je da obuhvati muziku, arhitekturu, slikarstvo, vajarstvo i književnost. Nažalost, može se samo pretpostaviti kako bi bila uobličena ovako ambiciozno zamišljena studija. Ipak, jedan aspekt Veberovog ambicioznog

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The Many Max Webers

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The Protestant Ethic thesis: Weber’s missing psychology

The Protestant Ethic thesis: Weber’s missing psychology

Causes and Consequences: Responsibility in the Political Thought of Max Weber

Elements of evolutionism in Max Weber?s socio-musical theory of rationalization

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