Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' (RLE Social Theory): Volume 43 (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1138786217 ISBN 13: 9781138786219

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Max Weber’s lecture ‘Science as a Vocation’ is a classic of social thought, in which central questions are posed about the nature of social and political thought and action. The lecture has often taken to be a summation of Weber’s thought. It can also be argued that, together with the responses of its admirers and critics, it provides a focus for discussion of the nature of modernity and its political consequences, and of the philosophical and political implications of the social or human sciences. This volume provides a full, clear, revised translation of the lecture, together with translations from the German of key contributions to the lively debate that followed its publication. The book concludes with a substantial essay on the current significance of the lecture, which discusses its relevance to the debates about the nature of science as a cultural phenomenon; the disjunction between science and nature; Weber’s conception of the disenchantment of the world; the division of scientific labour; and the fundamental nature and place of sociology.

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Lassman, Peter; Velody, Irving; Martins, Herminio

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138786217
• ISBN 13: 9781138786219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Lassman Peter, Velody Irving, Martins Herminio