As a conclusion to the talk, we want to take the opportunity to share the texts from our panelists and organizers, Lucía and Yannis, who kindly sent them to us. We look forward to welcoming you to our next talk on January 18th!
Weber & Stock Exchange (Boerse/Bourse) by Sam Whimster The fundamental contradiction driving the Bourse inquiry and the controversy over the bourse was the social-political need to protect the public and the private investor (almost 2 million of them) and the aim of ensuring the functional capability of the economy. A liberal, open trading economy had … Leer más
After the talk considerations by Andrea S. Cerfeda on the event of «Max Weber and the concept of order»
In his critique of modernity, Walter Benjamin had many interlocutors. One of them was Max Weber. In Benjamin’s text Capitalism as Religion written in 1921, he referenced the thesis that Weber developed in 1904 and 1905 in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. He argued that if Weber had demonstrated that capitalism was “a formation conditioned by religion» (2002, p. 288), he intended to understand capitalism “as a religion” .
Interview with Stephen Turner: Part V. Regis factor and the catholic political thought.
Max Weber and the Legitimate Order Theory by Andrea S. Cerfeda
In what follows, I will try to briefly sketch out a possible direction for the analysis of some crucial social and political aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. It seems to me that this direction – Weberian in its inspiration, to the extent that it focuses on the various ever-conflicting values which inspire social action – can be proven fruitful and help us reach at a better understanding of this recent momentous phenomenon.
Interview with Stephen Turner: Part IV Stephen P. Turner (University of South Florida) is a Weber scholar and social theorist. He is also a member of the so-called “disobedient generation,” which left graduated programs and incorporated to US faculties in the years after the 1968 student movement. Departing from his own personal experience, in this interview … Leer más
Part III: History of Science, Career Strategies, and Weber and Schmitt
This interview was conducted in Berlin on the 10th of July 2019 by Álvaro Morcillo. The interview was recorded and subsequently transcribed.
Part II: Historical Sociology in the United States
This interview was conducted in Berlin on the 10th of July 2019 by Álvaro Morcillo. The interview was recorded and subsequently transcribed.