Politics, Death, and the Devil: Self and Power in Max Weber and Thomas MannUniversity of California Press, 1 wrz 2023 - 350 This sequel to Harvey Goldman's well-received Max Weber and Thomas Mann continues his rich exploration of the political and cultural critiques embodied in the more mature writings of these two authors. Combining social and political thought, intellectual history, and literary interpretation, Goldman examines in particular Weber's "Science as a Vocation" and "Politics as a Vocation" and Mann's The Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus. Goldman deals with the ways in which Weber and Mann sought an antidote to personal and cultural weakness through "practices" for generating strength, mastery, and power, drawing primarily on ascetic traditions at a time when the vitality of other German traditions was disappearing. Power and mastery concerned both Weber and Mann, especially as they tried to resolve problems of politics and culture in Germany. Although their resolutions of the problems they confronted seem inadequate, they show the significance of linking social and political thought to conceptions of self and active worldly practices. Trenchant and illuminating, Goldman's book is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory, social thought, and the intellectual history of Germany. |
Spis treści
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THE CRISES OF BILDUNG AND SCIENCE | 23 |
Bildung and the German Universities | 24 |
The Crisis of the Wissenschaften | 36 |
RATIONALIZATION IDENTITY AND DEATH | 49 |
The Conflict of the Times | 135 |
Death and the Dream of Power | 145 |
The Allegory of Self and Nation | 151 |
ASCETIC POLITICS AND THE EMPOWERED SELF | 157 |
The Prince and the Bureaucratic Self | 159 |
Political Leadership and Political Self | 171 |
Asceticism and the Calling of the Nation | 182 |
The Caesarist Leader | 190 |
Rationalization Social Crisis and Death | 54 |
Gods Devils and Power | 65 |
The Mastery of Rationalization | 80 |
THE IDENTIFICATION OF SELF AND NATION | 85 |
Art War and Service | 87 |
Art and Artist Self and Nation | 89 |
THe Identity of Self and Germany | 114 |
ILLNESS AS A VOCATION | 118 |
The Escape from Work | 123 |
The Calling of Illness | 127 |
Sympathy with Death as Symptom | 131 |
The British Prime Ministerial Models | 202 |
The Empowered Politician as Hero and Saint | 218 |
THE NATION THE DEVIL AND POWER DOCTOR FAUSTUS | 223 |
The Artists Calling and the Problem of Facism | 227 |
The Devil and the Untruth that Enhances Power | 230 |
The Allegory of Nietzsche Germany and Faust | 253 |
Asceticism Social Crisis and the Overcoming of Redemption | 259 |
Notes | 273 |
Bibliography | 339 |
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Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Politics, Death, and the Devil: Self and Power in Max Weber and Thomas Mann Harvey Goldman Ograniczony podgląd - 2023 |
Politics, Death, and the Devil: Self and Power in Max Weber and Thomas Mann Harvey Goldman Ograniczony podgląd - 2023 |
Politics, Death, and the Devil: Self and Power in Max Weber and Thomas Mann Harvey Goldman Podgląd niedostępny - 1992 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
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