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The Political and Social Theory of Max Weber: Collected Essays
The Political and Social Theory of Max Weber: Collected Essays
by Wolfgang J. Mommsen
University of Chicago Press, 1989 Cloth: 978-0-226-53398-8 | Paper: 978-0-226-53400-8 Library of Congress Classification JC263.W42M66 1989 Dewey Decimal Classification 306.2
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Concentrating on Weber's engagement with political issues and their influence over his more theoretical concepts, Mommsen offers a critical analysis of Weber's notion of democracy, distinguishing its liberal and elitist features.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
Bibliographical Note and Abbreviations Part I - Politics and Social Theory
1. Politics and Scholarship: The Two Icons in Max Weber's Life
2. The Antinomical Structure of Max Weber's Political Thought
3. Max Weber's Theory of Legitimacy Today Part II - Max Weber on Socialism and Political Radicalism
4. Capitalism and Socialism: Weber's Dialogue with Marx
5. Joining the Underdogs? Weber's Critique of the Social Democrats in Wilhelmine Germany
6. Roberto Michels and Max Weber: Moral Conviction versus the Politics of Responsibility Part III - The Development of Max Weber's Theoretical Ideas
7. Max Weber on Bureaucracy and Bureaucratization: Threat to Liberty and Instrument of Creative Action
8. Ideal Type and Pure Type: Two Variants of Max Weber's Ideal-typical Method
9. Rationalization and Myth in Weber's Thought
10. The Two Dimensions of Social Change in Max Weber's Sociological Theory Part IV - The Rediscovery of Max Weber
11. Max Weber in Modern Social Thought
Notes
Index