Modernity and Politics in the Work of Max Weber [Hardcover]

Charles Turner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0415064902 | ISBN-13: 978-0415064903 | Edition: First

In the last decade an increasing amount of Anglo-American scholarship has been devoted to the centrality of politics within Max Weber's work. There has been a radical shift away from the Parsonian view that Weber was a mainstream sociologist. While broadly sympathetic to these approaches, Charles Turner argues that none of them have dealt adequately with Weber's concept of the political. In particular, they seemed to believe that, in order to demonstrate the importance of Weber's politics, it was necessary to read him as neo-Aristotelian, and play down the role of neo-Kantian value philosophy. Turner argues that, while Weber's work certainly bears comparison with themes peculiar to the neo-Aristotelian critique of modernity, an appreciation of the analytical centrality of politics is quite consistent with his appeal to the neo-Kantian philosophy of his own day. The key to this, believes Turner, is an understanding of what Weber means by the tragedy of culture'. One of the most distinctive features of the book is that it encourages Weber specialists to situate themselves in a wider range of debates about modernity'.

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About the Author

Charles Turner is Tutor and Supervisor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; First edition (October 22, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415064902
• ISBN-13: 978-0415064903
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,375,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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