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Since he held Ludendorff responsible for Germany's defeat in the war and having sent many young Germans to die on the battlefield, Weber thought that he should surrender himself and become a political martyr.
Max Weber’s understanding of politics follows the realist tradi-tion that goes back to Thucydides and some of the Greek sophists.4 One feature of this tradition, to which also Niccolò Machiavelli belongs, is a sober and realistic view of political reality, human.
Aug 24, 2007 · Weber’s fame and influence as a political thinker are built most critically upon this typology and the ways in which those ideal types are deployed in his political writings. As such, Weber’s sociology of domination has been suspected variously of its embedded normative biases.
Jul 22, 2017 · Summary. There are a number of overlapping or interlocking theoretical, philosophical, historical and political contexts in which I want to situate my discussion of Max Weber's relevance for political theory today. The first is the (latest) revival in Weber scholarship that has gained momentum since around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Terry Maley
- 2016
Jan 26, 2017 · Max Weber didn’t just believe that individuals shape society – societies encourage certain types of motive for action – for example, the religion of Calvinism encouraged people to save money, which eventually led to capitalism. Weber believes that there are four ideal types of social actions.
This chapter addresses the central issue: what was the substance and significance of Weber's religious thought taken as a whole? In more formal language: what was the Weberian sociology of religion and how should we assess it?
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May 29, 2019 · Despite Weber’s admiration for the success of democratic institutions in the United States and Great Britain, Weber’s legacy, such as his references to ‘caesarism’ in connection with mass democracy, is entangled controversially with the politico-juridical publications of Carl Schmitt and the crisis of democracy resulting in European ...
