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Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' - Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory Peter Lassman 1st edition
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Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' - Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Peter Lassman
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.
240 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 8, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138786219 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 236 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 20 mm · 476 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Lassman, Peter |
| Editor | Martins, Herminio |
| Editor | Velody, Irving |
