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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972489603321

Autore

Sadri Ahmad

Titolo

Max Weber's sociology of intellectuals / / Ahmad Sadri ; with a foreword by Arthur J. Vidich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-774323-4

0-19-535751-5

1-60256-026-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

305.5/52

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Methodology of Social Sciences; Methodology Again; Escape from Methodological Nominalism; On Human Interest and Historical Causation; On Social Change; 2. Max Weber's Sociology of Religion as a Sociology of Intellectuals; Marx and Weber on Intratheoretical Consistency: Sociologies of Knowledge and Intellectuals; Marx and Weber on Sociology of Religion; Religion of the Masses; Religion for the Masses; Religion of the Warriors; Religion of the Civic Strata; Religion of the Intellectuals; Intellectuals and the World Religions

Religions, Intellectuals, and the Rationalization Paradox3. Max Weber's Sociology of Politics as a Sociology of Intellectuals; Relating to Ideologies: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia; Bases for Ideologies of Occidental Intellectuals: An Ideal Type; Weber and Ideologies of Intellectuals; Bases for Ideologies of Intelligentsia: An Ideal Type; Weber and Ideologies of Intelligentsia; Weber's Political Agenda: Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Mass Societies; Weber's Political Agenda: The Varieties of Irresponsibility; An Ethic for Political Action; 4. Definitions; The Trouble with Defining Concepts

The Horizontal DifferentiationThe Vertical Differentiation; Columns and Rows; Appendices; A. Weber on the ""Positivist-Intuitionist"" Controversy; B. On Verification of the Ideal Types: Winch, Schutz, and Oakes; C. Weber and Islam; D. Ideologies and Counter-Ideologies of



Intellectuals in Occidental East and West: An Ideal Typical Model; E. Epistemology and Methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

The social role of intellectuals was a pervasive motif in Weber's thought, particularly in his works on religion and politics. Comprehensively examining and extending Weber's work on the subject, this study provides a new perspective on the intelligentsia and its role in society.