Max Weber's Political Sociology - A Pessimistic Vision of a Rationalized World

This collection of essays focuses on Weber's political ideology as well as his political sociology. This interdisciplinary work draws upon the expertise of a number of writers and challenges major schools of thought on Weber. In the first section on ideology, scholars question whether Weber's political predictions were based on a realistic appraisal of social development or if his objectivity was compromised by events in Weimar Germany. They then address Weber's attitudes toward socialism in light of contemporary sociology and his early writings. Part two examines Weber's theory: the concept of rationalization; ideas about charisma; and the decline of charisma in light of the growing role of the media. A study of Weber's analysis of the 1917 events in Russia concludes the volume.

About the author

Ronald M. Glassman taught liberal studies at New York University and sociology at Connecticut College, William Paterson University, and the City University of New York. He has written extensively on democracy and the middle class.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Glassman, Ronald M. Glassman, Murvar Vatro
• Assisted by: Vatro Murvar (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.1984
• EAN: 9780313236426
• ISBN: 978-0-313-23642-6
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History of Ideas, Social Theory, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Current Events and Issues