Breiner, Peter, 1947-
Max Weber & democratic politics / Max Weber and democratic politics Peter Breiner. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1996. - xvi, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abbreviations of Max Weber's Works -- Political Ethics, PoliticalPrudence, and Political Sociology -- The Double Edge of Weber'sPolitical Sociology: The Objective and Subjective Logics of MethodicalAction -- Weber and Democracy -- A Note on Method -- 1. Social Scienceand the Interpretation of Means-Ends Rationality. Practical Values andthe Presuppositions of Social Science. The Rational "Understanding" ofRationality and Irrationality. The Ideal Type: Uniqueness versusGeneric Concepts. The Theory of Social Action: Verstehen andZweckrationalitat -- 2. The Sociological Clarification of Action:Weberian Political Judgment. Value Choice and Value Conflict. TheInstrumental Clarification of Action: Personal Projects andInstrumental Costs. Individual Choice and/or Power Struggle. TheProblems of Weber's Political Prudence -- 3. The Political Logic ofEconomics and the Economic Logic of Politics: Marginal Utility versusPrudential Political Economy. The Claims of Marginal Utility Theory.
0801431476 (cloth : alk. paper)
95031261
Weber, Max, 1864-1920
Democracy
Political ethics
Political sociology
Political science
JC263.W42 / B74 1996
306.2
Max Weber & democratic politics / Max Weber and democratic politics Peter Breiner. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1996. - xvi, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abbreviations of Max Weber's Works -- Political Ethics, PoliticalPrudence, and Political Sociology -- The Double Edge of Weber'sPolitical Sociology: The Objective and Subjective Logics of MethodicalAction -- Weber and Democracy -- A Note on Method -- 1. Social Scienceand the Interpretation of Means-Ends Rationality. Practical Values andthe Presuppositions of Social Science. The Rational "Understanding" ofRationality and Irrationality. The Ideal Type: Uniqueness versusGeneric Concepts. The Theory of Social Action: Verstehen andZweckrationalitat -- 2. The Sociological Clarification of Action:Weberian Political Judgment. Value Choice and Value Conflict. TheInstrumental Clarification of Action: Personal Projects andInstrumental Costs. Individual Choice and/or Power Struggle. TheProblems of Weber's Political Prudence -- 3. The Political Logic ofEconomics and the Economic Logic of Politics: Marginal Utility versusPrudential Political Economy. The Claims of Marginal Utility Theory.
0801431476 (cloth : alk. paper)
95031261
Weber, Max, 1864-1920
Democracy
Political ethics
Political sociology
Political science
JC263.W42 / B74 1996
306.2
