Nation and State in Max Weber - Politics As Sociology

This book explores the nationalist and imperialist ideas underlying Max Weber's sociology, offering a conceptual analysis of his work to argue that Weber's thought is informed by an ethno-national understanding of the German people whose political aspirations can only be realized through a power-state and its activities on a world stage.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

This book explores the nationalist and imperialist ideas underlying Max Weber’s sociology, offering a conceptual analysis of his work to argue that Weber’s thought is informed by an ethno-national understanding of the German people whose political aspirations can only be realized through a power-state and its activities on a world stage.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Barbalet, Jack (Australian Catholic University) Barbalet, Barbalet Jack
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032408927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240892-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Nationalism, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Historiography, Society and culture: general