Love or Greatness (Routledge Revivals): Max Weber and Masculine Thinking

ISBN: 0415572843

Author: Bologh, Roslyn Wallach

Condition: New

This work, first published in 199, reissues the first thorough examination of the essentially masculine nature of Max Weber's social and political thinking. Through a detailed examination of his central texts, the author demonstrates Weber's masculine reading of 'social life' and shows how his work advocates a masculine form of life that poses a challenge to contemporary women and to feminism. In particular, she addresses the patriarchal implications of Weber's belief in the need to relegate the ethic of brotherly love to a private sphere in order to make possible rational action and the achievement of greatness in the public sphere.