Introduction
Max Weber's Science as a Vocation as a Political Failure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2404940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Álvaro Morcillo Laiz (0000-0003-0969-4320, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 223-228 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x19851372 |
| OpenAlex | W2946010847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Science as a Vocation was one episode within Weber’s broader charm offensive toward German students. Between 1917 and 1919, he tried to entice students into his view of university teaching and into the understanding of the relation between science and action, including political action that was embodied in his own life philosophy. Weber deployed this attempt to seduce students because he considered them to be the future of Germany and also because he thought that they were jeopardized by circumstances of their modern times and the radical ideologies propagated by a variety of prophets, in and outside the university. Weber was right in that the students had to reorient their lives. This reorientation was not only a result of their age; for many, it was also a consequence of having fought at the front. Young people frequently experienced the war years as bringing societal and individual disorder and sharpening the preexisting problems of the Kaiserreich. In the face of adversity, Weber wanted to show them his way of confronting such conditions. Accordingly, as he engaged with the young students, Weber deployed all his skills as an “educator” (Hennis). However, Weber’s attempt can be counted among his political failures
Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · German Social Sciences and History · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |