Max Weber: Modernisation as Passive Revolution: A Gramscian Analysis

By Jan Rehmann

Book Overview

With Gramsci's theory of hegemony as his starting point, this volume provides a comprehensive socio-analysis of Max Weber's political and intellectual position in the ideological network of his time. Rehmann lucidly and witheringly argues that, even though Weber presents his science as'value-free, ' the forefather of sociology's system is best understood as an organic intellectual of the bourgeoisie advocating for a new model of capitalist hegemony.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608465519
• ISBN13: 9781608465514
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"