Max Weber''s ''Science As a Vocation''

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.

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Lassman, Peter; Velody, Irving; Martins, Herminio

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• Assisted by: Irving Velody (Editor), Peter Lassman (Editor), Herminio Martins (Editor), Martins Herminio (Editor), Velody Irving (Editor), Mr. Peter Lassman (Editor)
• Authors: Peter Velody Lassman, Mr. Peter Velody Lassman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 08.08.2014
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781138786219
• ISBN: 978-1-138-78621-9
• Pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: So; Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory; Routledge Library Editions: So
• Subjects: Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology of Knowledge, modernity studies, intellectual history analysis, academic vocation, disenchantment concept, philosophical implications of science, social theory debates