
Democracy and the Political in Max Weber's Thought
Terry Maley(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 8. October 2011
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4426-4336-9 (ISBN)
Description
Max Weber is best known as one of the founders of modern sociology and the author of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, but he also made important contributions to modern political and democratic theory. In Democracy and the Political in Max Weber's Thought, Terry Maley explores, through a detailed analysis of Weber's writings, the intersection of recent work on Weber and on democratic theory, bridging the gap between these two rapidly expanding areas of scholarship.
Maley critically examines how Weber's realist 'model' of democracy defines and constrains the possibilities for democratic agency in modern liberal-democracies. Maley also looks at how ideas of historical time and memory are constructed in his writings on religion, bureaucracy, and the social sciences. Democracy and the Political in Max Weber's Thought is both an accessible introduction to Weber's political thought and a spirited defense of its continued relevance to debates on democracy.
Maley critically examines how Weber's realist 'model' of democracy defines and constrains the possibilities for democratic agency in modern liberal-democracies. Maley also looks at how ideas of historical time and memory are constructed in his writings on religion, bureaucracy, and the social sciences. Democracy and the Political in Max Weber's Thought is both an accessible introduction to Weber's political thought and a spirited defense of its continued relevance to debates on democracy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4336-9 (9781442643369)
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Person
Terry Maley is an associate professor of politics at York University.
Content
Introduction
Bureaucracy vs. Democracy?: The Politics of Theory
The Politics of Realist Democracy
Democracy and the Political
The Puritan Sects and the Spirit of Democracy: The Memory of the Political
Science as a Vocation, or the Politics of Science
Conclusion: Democratic Paradoxes: Weber in our time
Bibliography
Bureaucracy vs. Democracy?: The Politics of Theory
The Politics of Realist Democracy
Democracy and the Political
The Puritan Sects and the Spirit of Democracy: The Memory of the Political
Science as a Vocation, or the Politics of Science
Conclusion: Democratic Paradoxes: Weber in our time
Bibliography