170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book shows how Max Weber’s perceptions of the social and political world he inhabited in Wilhelmine Germany were characterized by a nationalist commitment which coloured practically every aspect of his thought, including his social scientific writings and the formulations they expound. Exploring the consequences of Weber’s ardent nationalism in a manner seldom acknowledged in existing... Read more
Introduction: an irrepressible political thread
1. Politics as violence
2. Race as a political project
3. Citizenship and its military basis
4. A calling for political education
Conclusion: lessons, sociological and political
Biography
Jack Barbalet is Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Catholic University. His research interests include sociological theory, political sociology, and the sociology of modern China. He has published extensively on the sociology of Max Weber, including Weber, Passion and Profits and Confucianism and the Chinese Self: Re-examining Max Weber’s China. His most recent book is The Theory of Guanxi and Chinese Society.
