This book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Thomas KempleEAN: 9781137377135COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 4581 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-29CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
History of ideas, Sociology, Social theory, Social and political philosophy
“Anyone who is interested in Max Weber as a person and a scholar should read K.’s provocative and fascinating book.” (Christopher Adair-Toteff, Theological Studies, Vol. 77 (1), 2016)
Thomas Kemple is Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His previous publications include Reading Marx Writing: Melodrama, the Market, and the ''Grundrisse'', and articles in the Journal of Classical Sociology and Theory, Culture & Society.
This book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Thomas KempleEAN: 9781137377135COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 4581 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-29CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
History of ideas, Sociology, Social theory, Social and political philosophy
Thomas Kemple is Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His previous publications include Reading Marx Writing: Melodrama, the Market, and the ''Grundrisse'', and articles in the Journal of Classical Sociology and Theory, Culture & Society.
