Author : Max Weber
Release : 2004-03-15
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Vocation Lectures by : Max Weber
Download or read book The Vocation Lectures written by Max Weber. This book was released on 2004-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the ultimate justification for such claims. Together in this volume, these newly translated lectures offer an ideal point of entry into Weber's central project: understanding how, as Weber put it, "in the West alone there have appeared cultural manifestations [that seem to] go in the direction of universal significance and validity.