Corey Robin writes about Max Weber’s two lectures on the philosopher and the politician, which have now been reissued under the title “Charisma and Disenchantment: The Vocation Lectures.” ...

Max Weber, the north German economist, proud reserve officer in the Kaiser's army, literal dueler with academic opponents, and co-founder of modern sociology, sits on every college reading list ...

Max Weber Invented the Crisis of the Humanities More than 100 years old, his landmark essay is more relevant than ever. By Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon February 6, 2020. Alamy.

Put another way, for Weber, in modernity, on the one hand, all meaning is revealed as made rather than discovered, and values are at once consummately important yet ultimately undecidable.

Weber’s lecture was draped in great expectation and drama. By 1917, he was not just an academic but Germany’s most famous and influential public intellectual. Hence, his use of the terms ...

Max Weber’s enduring wisdom Democratic politics is a remorseless struggle, he warned 100 years ago. Share. Jan 26th 2019 | 7 min read. Listen to this story.

In particular, Weber’s discussion of the charismatic politician, as well as his distinction between the ethics of conviction and the ethics of responsibility, has perhaps even greater relevance in our ...

Max Weber was one of 50 million victims who died during the 1918 influenza epidemic, also known as Spanish flu. He was only 56 years old — most likely with many famous books still in him.

Max Weber. Buy on Bookshop. New York Review of Books, 176 pp., $15.95. Modern invocations of the work ethic are usually misreadings: The Protestant Ethic was more lament than celebration.

Max Weber, a German sociologist, argued that bureaucracy was the most efficient model for private businesses and public offices. His theories influenced generations of business leaders and politicians ...