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- catalog abstract "A look at the life and work of pioneering social scientist Max Weber. Diggins connects the critical moments of Weber's life--in particular, his experience of America--to his ideas on power, capitalism, bureaucracy, and science. He argues that Weber's emphasis on such topics as rapaciousness, hypocrisy, and deception illuminate the dilemmas of modern American politics.".
- catalog contributor b9699282.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "A look at the life and work of pioneering social scientist Max Weber. Diggins connects the critical moments of Weber's life--in particular, his experience of America--to his ideas on power, capitalism, bureaucracy, and science. He argues that Weber's emphasis on such topics as rapaciousness, hypocrisy, and deception illuminate the dilemmas of modern American politics.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-317) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: America's two visitors: Tocqueville and Weber -- The last puritan -- "Man's philosophy is his biography" -- Authority and its discontents -- Calvinism and capitalism : the irony of unintended consequences -- Human action and its meanings -- The dignity of the academic calling -- "A joyous triumph over rationality" : women, the erotic, and the power of status politics -- Subjectivity in morals, willfulness in politics : Germany, America, and World War I -- "Peace without victory" and "Gambling on gratitude" : Woodrow Wilson and Max Weber -- The German Revolution of 1918 and the doctrine of socialism -- "The centre cannot hold."".
- catalog extent "xvi, 334 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Max Weber.".
- catalog identifier "0465017509".
- catalog isFormatOf "Max Weber.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : BasicBooks,".
- catalog relation "Max Weber.".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog subject "301/.092 B 20".
- catalog subject "H59.W4 D54 1996".
- catalog subject "Social sciences Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Social sciences Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Social scientists Biography.".
- catalog subject "Social scientists Germany Biography.".
- catalog subject "Weber, Max, 1864-1920.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: America's two visitors: Tocqueville and Weber -- The last puritan -- "Man's philosophy is his biography" -- Authority and its discontents -- Calvinism and capitalism : the irony of unintended consequences -- Human action and its meanings -- The dignity of the academic calling -- "A joyous triumph over rationality" : women, the erotic, and the power of status politics -- Subjectivity in morals, willfulness in politics : Germany, America, and World War I -- "Peace without victory" and "Gambling on gratitude" : Woodrow Wilson and Max Weber -- The German Revolution of 1918 and the doctrine of socialism -- "The centre cannot hold."".
- catalog title "Max Weber : politics and the spirit of tragedy / John Patrick Diggins.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".