Future-making as a Vocation

wild and amateurish speculations about links between Weber's illnesses and his specific insights into society or religion. One cannot even begin to list the unfounded and unsup ported assertions, so numerous are they. There is here no clear method or theory about the relations between psychology and intellectual production to guide the analysis, except the method of analogy. As a conse quence, many of Radkau's claims will not only be disputed, but also may run the risk of being dismissed out of hand. However, despite the many reservations and disagree ments I have with the book, I think Radkau's speculations are of secondary importance, compared with the larger contribution of his work. There is nothing like it, and it should open up many new vistas for thought about and analysis of Weber

Political science · Sociology · Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory