1st Edition

Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation'

Edited By Peter Lassman, Irving Velody, Herminio Martins Copyright 2015
240 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Science as a Vocation Max Weber  2. The Vocation of Science Erich von Kahler  3. For Science: Against the Intellectuals Among its Despisers Arthur Salz  4. The Revolution in Science Ernst Troeltsch  5. Max Weber on Science as a Vocation Ernst Robert Curtius  6. Max Weber’s View of Science Heinrich Rickert  7. Sociology and the Study and Formulation of Weltanschauung Max Scheler  8. Max Weber’s Exclusion of Philosophy Max Scheler  9. Max Weber’s Significance for Intellectual History Siegfried Landshut  10. The Crisis of Science in Germany in 1919 Erich Wittenberg  11. Max Weber’s Ethical Criticism and the Problem of Metaphysics Erik Wolf  12. Max Weber’s Position on Science Karl Lowith  13. Max Weber on Science, Disenchantment and the Search for Meaning Peter Lassman and Irving Velody

Biography

Lassman, Peter; Velody, Irving; Martins, Herminio