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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Loader, C

Titel

Alfred Weber and the Crisis of Culture, 1890-1933

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Alfred Weber, brother of Max and mentor of Karl Mannheim, was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. In response to these crises he developed one of the earliest versions of the sociology of culture and attempted to apply it to the political arena. This definitive study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period, making a long overdue contribution to the history of social science. 04 02 PART I. Alfred Weber in the German Empire The Context of Alfred Weber's Early Work Early Economic Writings Heidelberg and the Empire, 1907-1917 The Question and Sociology of Culture The Cultural Theory of Politics PART II. Alfred Weber in the Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic and the End of the Discursive Coalition The Sociology of Culture in Weimar Cultural Politics in Weimar Epilogue: Alfred Weber after 1933 31 02 A look at Weber in social, political, intellectual, cultural and institutional contexts 13 02 Colin Loader is a professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has written primarily on the history of German sociology. He is the author of The Intellectual Development of Karl Mannheim , and is the co-author or co-translator of three other books on Mannheim. 02 02 Alfred Weber was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. This study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period. 19 02 Weber was the brother of famed sociologist Max Weber and the sponsor of Karl Mannheim, firmly placing him in the tumult of fin-de-siecle German thought and politics 1890-1933 was a dynamic period, perhaps even a crisis period, for Central Europe, transitioning from the 19th century and laying the groundwork for the rise of totalitarianism In addition to its significance for intellectual and political historians, this study is of interest for sociologists and other scholars 08 02 'One of the world's leading historians of German social science, Colin Loader has produced the first English language account, not only of Alfred Weber's ideas, but of their location in the social and cultural struggles of his times. Reconstructing Weber's pioneering effort to create a cultural sociology, Loader reveals an alternative genealogy and explains why it became a path not taken.'—Jeffrey Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, Yale University 'Few of us know anything substantial about Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred. Now, at last, we have a superb critical orientation to his ideas. With admirable sensitivity to historical context, Colin Loader introduces readers to Alfred Weber's life, location, intellectual network, and oeuvre, giving special attention to his innovative sociology of culture. A translation of one of Alfred Weber's key works on 'cultural sociology' caps this fascinating book. A major contribution to the history of ideas and 'discursive coalitions.''—Peter Baehr, professor of Social Theory and dean of Social Sciences, Lingnan University, Hong Kong 'A renowned specialist of Karl Mannheim, Colin Loader in his new book analyses Mannheim's mentor Alfred Weber, thus presenting the first study of Max Weber's brother in the English-speaking world. His emphasis is on the interrelation between Weber as a product of his crisis-stricken socio-cultural environment and his cultural sociology diagnosing this crisis. Loader's methodological approach is strictly European, combining Mannheim's sociology of knowledge with elements derived from Pierre Bourdieu and recent German scholars—a new and innovative stimulus for biographical research on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.'—Eberhard Demm, professor, DPhil., Dr. ès-lettres et sciences humaines, Lyon III, France / Koszalin, Poland