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PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-100872206653

ISBN-139780872206656

eBay Product ID (ePID)30421323

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVocation Lectures : Science As a Vocation; Politics As a Vocation

SubjectCounseling / Career Development, Sociology / General, History & Theory, Social History

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Education, History

AuthorMax Weber

SeriesHackett Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5.5 in

Item Weight5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width0.4 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-057070

Dewey Edition22

Reviews[Owen and Strong] beautifully weave together the historical, philosophical, academic and personal circumstances that shaped Weber's world-view and these efforts reward the reader with a nuanced and thorough understanding. . . . Students, and even established academics, will benefit tremendously from this new edition. Rating: ***** --Jeffrey Roberts, University of Kent, in Political Studies Review, "...this is a highly readable tranlation of Weber's two most famous essays, and provides a good exposition of their major thmes." -- Prof. John Dreijmanis, Max Weber Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1, January 2007.

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal502/.3

SynopsisOriginally published separately,Weber's "Science as a Vocation" and "Politics as a Vocation" stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the ultimate justification for such claims., Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the ultimate justification for such claims. Together in this volume, these newly translated lectures offer an ideal point of entry into Weber's central project: understanding how, as Weber put it, "in the West alone there have appeared cultural manifestations that seem to] go in the direction of universal significance and validity., Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the ultimate justification for such claims. Together in this volume, these newly translated lectures offer an ideal point of entry into Weber's central project: understanding how, as Weber put it, "in the West alone there have appeared cultural manifestations [that seem to] go in the direction of universal significance and validity.

LC Classification NumberQ147.W413 2004