Max Weber and German Politics, 1890-1920A major work of German historiography, this comprehensive account of Weber's political views and activities reveals that, paradoxically, Weber was at once an ardent liberal and a determined German nationalist and imperialist. Wolfgang J. Mommsen shows the important links between these seemingly conflicting positions and provides a critique of Weber's sociology of power and his concept of democratic rule. First published in German in 1959, Max Weber and German Politics appeared in a revised edition in 1974 and became available in an English translation only in 1984. In writing this work, Mommsen drew extensively on Weber's published and unpublished essays, newspaper articles, memoranda, and correspondence. |
Contents
1 The Young Webers Political Development | 1 |
2 Patriarchalism Capitalism and the Nation State | 21 |
3 A Powerful National State as Webers Political Ideal | 35 |
4 National Imperialism as the Future Task of German Policy | 68 |
5 Weber and Germanys Internal Political Evolution before the First World War | 91 |
6 Foreign Policy and the Constitutional System | 137 |
7 The World War as a Proving Ground for the German Reich as a Great Power | 190 |
8 Collapse and a New Beginning | 283 |
9 Weber and the Making of the Weimar Constitution | 332 |
10 From a Liberal Constitutional State to Plebiscitary Leadership Democracy | 390 |
Toward a New Interpretation of Max Weber | 415 |
On the Question of the Relationship between the Formal Legality and the Rational Legitimacy of rule in Max Webers Works | 448 |
Bibliography | 455 |
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Max Weber and German Politics: A Study in Political Sociology J P (Jacob Peter) 1903- Mayer No preview available - 2021 |
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