An edition of Max Weber (1925)

Max Weber

a biography

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An edition of Max Weber (1925)

Max Weber

a biography

Second edition.
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"A founder of contemporary social science, Max Weber was born in Germany in 1864. At his death 56 years later, he was nationally known for his scholarly and political writings, but it was the international reception of his oeuvre over the last forty years that has made him world-famous. "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," "The Economic Ethics of the World Religions" and his magnum opus, "Economy and Society," with its treatment of the relations of economics, politics, law and religion, belong to the great achievements of 20th-century social science. The groundwork for the posthumous Weber reception was laid by Weber's widow Marianne, a well-known feminist writer, who followed up her edition of his collected works with one of the greatest biographies in a generation that produced many important accounts of itself. Although unavailable in English until a decade ago, the importance of Marianne Weber's 1926 work had been widely understood. Sociologist Robert A. Nisbet called it "a moving and deeply felt biographical memoir." Historian Gerhard Masur cited the book as "the foundation of all further inquiries into Max Weber's life and influence."Beginning with Max's ancestry and early years, Marianne Weber guides us through his life as student, young lawyer, scholar and political writer, quoting liberally from his voluminous correspondence. Her account of his nervous breakdown after 1897, which curtailed his academic career but ultimately strengthened his creative energies, provides deep insight into some of the personal tensions that troubled him to the end. In addition to her perceptive personal and intellectual life before the First World War, describing many scholars, social reformers, politicians and literary figures within and beyond the famous Heidelberg circle of the Webers. The new introduction by Guenther Roth situates Marianne Weber's own role in the contemporary setting and discusses the current state of Weber research and of the"--Provided by publisher

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Taylor and Francis
Language
English
Pages
740

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Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: a biography
2017, Taylor and Francis
in English - Second edition.
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: ein Lebensbild
1989, Piper
in German - [New ed.]. --
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: a biography
1988, Transaction Books
in English
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: ein Lebensbild
1984, J.C.B. Mohr
in German - 3. Aufl., unveränderter Nachdruck der 1. Aufl. 1926 / erg. um Register und Verzeichnisse von Max Weber-Schäfer.
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: a biography
1975, Wiley
in English
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: ein Lebensbild.
1950, L. Schneider
in German
Cover of: Max Weber
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: ein Lebensbild
1926, Mohr
in German
Cover of: Max Weber
Max Weber: ein lebensbild
1925, Mohr
in German

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
301/.092/4
Library of Congress
HM22.G3 W467513 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (740 pages)
Number of pages
740

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44079096M
ISBN 10
0203786106
ISBN 13
9780203786109
OCLC/WorldCat
1004364984

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