1st Edition
The Iron Cage Historical Interpretation of Max Weber
Edited By Arthur Mitzman
Copyright 1984
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
370 Pages
by
Routledge
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This major study of the father of modern sociology explores the intimate relationship between the events of Max Weber's personal history and the development of his thought. When it was first published in 1970, Paul Roazen described The Iron Cage as "an example of the history of ideas at its very best"; while Robert A. Nisbet said that "we learn more about Weber's life in this volume than from any... Read more
INTRODUCTION, PART I: THE LATE-BOURGEOIS GENERATION (1864-1903), 1. Webers Family Background and Youth (1864-1886), 2. In the Fathers House (1886-1892), 3. Assault on the Junker Hegemony, 4. Orestes and the Furies, PART II: ESTRANGEMENT AND EROS (1903-1920), 5. Recovery: The Yoke of History, 6. Marx, Nietzsche, and the Spirits of Defiance, 7. Asceticism and Mysticism, 8. Aristocracy and Charisma in Weber's Political Thought (l911-1919), 9. Weber s Retreat from Ascetic Rationalism (1907-1920), CONCLUSION: WEBER AND GERMAN HISTORY, Bibliographical Sketch, Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Notes, Notes, Index
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