Max Weber's notion of asceticism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2404644
AutoresChristopher Adair-Toteff (0000-0002-3274-8529, University of South Florida, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen10
Número2
Páginas109-122
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468795x10370071
OpenAlexW2068628834
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

The notion of asceticism plays a large and important role in Max Weber's writings; however, it has remained relatively unexamined. Weber did not offer a definition of asceticism, but he did provide a contrast between the 'polar concepts' of the ascetic and the mystic. In this paper I discuss this contrast and place it within the historical context of the early and medieval monks. Then, I examine Weber's discussions of the four major monastic reform movements. I conclude with a discussion concerning Weber's political preferences for the strict, rational conduct of the ascetic, and especially his own personal inclinations towards asceticism

Archaeology · Asceticism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Mysticism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory