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politics and the spirit of tragedy

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An edition of Max Weber (1996)

Max Weber

politics and the spirit of tragedy

1st ed.
  • 1 Want to read

Ever since World War II, Max Weber has been regarded as a monument to the most conservative and conventional orthodoxies of the social science establishment. Despite the fact that many of Weber's books, foremost among them, Economy and Society and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, are classics and continue to be read, there has never been a single-volume treatment of Weber's life and thought in English.

In reversing this critical neglect, John Patrick Diggins challenges Weber's iconic status and in the process uncovers another side of Weber: one influenced by Nietzsche, one whose deep belief in individualism bound him close to the Emersonian tradition in America, one with a Lincoln-like sense of history as tragedy, and one with a sober sense of the responsibilities of the state.

Diggins brilliantly connects the critical moments of Weber's life - and in particular, his experience of America - to his most enduring ideas on power, capitalism, bureaucracy, and science. He argues that Weber's emphasis on such topics as rapaciousness, hypocrisy, and deception makes his work timelier than ever in helping to illuminate the dilemmas of modern American politics.

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Basic Books
Pages
334

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Max Weber: politics and the spirit of tragedy
1996, Basic Books
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1996, Basic Books
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-317) and index.

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
H59.W4 D54 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 334 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Number of pages
334

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22118430M
Internet Archive
maxweberpolitics0000digg
ISBN 10
0465017509
LCCN
96001616
OCLC/WorldCat
34191125
Library Thing
321837
Goodreads
598375

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