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The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy

The 'Labour Question' and the Genesis of Social Theory in Imperial Germany (1884-1899)

Victor Strazzeri

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English
Haymarket Books
01 February 2024
The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy examines the formative years of the classic social thinker once called the ""bourgeois Marx,"" specifically focusing on his relationship to the foremost working-class organization of his time.

Offering groundbreaking insights, Victor Strazzeri argues that Weber's early engagement with the standpoint of the rural worker - not his later study of the ethics of ascetic Protestant entrepreneurs - first convinced him of the central role of culture in human agency. The crisis of liberalism in a rapidly modernising, conflict-ridden Imperial Germany embarking on colonial expansion is cast as the decisive setting for the genesis of Weberian social thought, with the rising labour movement, in turn, serving as the young Weber's little-known yet crucial interlocutor.
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Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9781642599893
ISBN 10:   1642599891
Series:   Historical Materialism
Pages:   353
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Victor Strazzeri is Project Coordinator at the Berlin Institute of Critical Theory (InkriT). His research examines the relationship between social theory and social movements and, most recently, the interweaving of communist and feminist politics.

Reviews for The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy: The 'Labour Question' and the Genesis of Social Theory in Imperial Germany (1884-1899)

“Strazzeri’s book on Weber’s transformation is an excellent academic study. But if we consider its results, it is even more than this. It makes us realise that we must never forget to see society as a whole and the groups of people who populate it as powerful players.” —Alexander Behrens, The Progressive Post “Writing a book on Max Weber that says something original about its subject is a challenge in view of the mountain of existing Weber scholarship that has accumulated in the century (plus a few years) following his death [...] Victor Strazzeri manages this feat.” —Andrew Bonnell, H-Net Reviews


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