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Max Weber's lecture 'Science as a Vocation' is a classic of social
thought, in which central questions are posed about the nature of
social and political thought and action. The lecture has often
taken to be a summation of Weber's thought. It can also be argued
that, together with the responses of its admirers and critics, it
provides a focus for discussion of the nature of modernity and its
political consequences, and of the philosophical and political
implications of the social or human sciences. This volume provides
a full, clear, revised translation of the lecture, together with
translations from the German of key contributions to the lively
debate that followed its publication. The book concludes with a
substantial essay on the current significance of the lecture, which
discusses its relevance to the debates about the nature of science
as a cultural phenomenon; the disjunction between science and
nature; Weber's conception of the disenchantment of the world; the
division of scientific labour; and the fundamental nature and place
of sociology.
Max Weber's lecture 'Science as a Vocation' is a classic of social
thought, in which central questions are posed about the nature of
social and political thought and action. The lecture has often
taken to be a summation of Weber's thought. It can also be argued
that, together with the responses of its admirers and critics, it
provides a focus for discussion of the nature of modernity and its
political consequences, and of the philosophical and political
implications of the social or human sciences. This volume provides
a full, clear, revised translation of the lecture, together with
translations from the German of key contributions to the lively
debate that followed its publication. The book concludes with a
substantial essay on the current significance of the lecture, which
discusses its relevance to the debates about the nature of science
as a cultural phenomenon; the disjunction between science and
nature; Weber's conception of the disenchantment of the world; the
division of scientific labour; and the fundamental nature and place
of sociology.
Michel Foucault has had an extraordinary impact on writers in the
human sciences since his first book "Madness and Civilization"
appeared in English. This title assesses the reactions to "Madness
and Civilization."
Michel Foucault has had an extraordinary impact on writers in the
human sciences since his first book "Madness and Civilization"
appeared in English. When it appeared in Britain in 1967 it was
read as part of the anti-psychiatry movement of the time. Only
retrospectively has it been seen as the start of a profoundly
original and influential theory on the nature of knowledge and
power. "Rewriting the History of Madness" is a collection of essays
centred around a provocative paper by Colin Gordon, which claims
that major critics have failed to take note of the depth of
Foucault's researches because of their excessive dependence on the
English translation of the abridged 1965 edition. The collection
takes Gordon's essay as a starting point, but ranges widely in
drawing out the significance of Foucault's writings for modern
thought in a variety of disciplines.
The Politics of Constructionism presents a broadranging and critical overview of the many themes of social constructionism and its relevance to contemporary social and political issues. Clearly structured and bringing together leading international contributors from across the social sciences, it offers an invaluable may through this rich body of literature. Major questions and topics explored in its critique and application of constructionist ideas include the theory and practice of scientific method, the development of social and political policy, the use of social science statistical methods, self-identity and the politics of collective identities, and technological advances in reproductive medicine. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, cultural, gender, and social studies, The Politics of Constructionism links the discourse of constructionism to the wider social and political world and offers much to suggest that, contrary to the final impoverishment claimed by some of postmodernism, social science is witnessing the beginning of a new enrichment. It will be essential reading for all students and academics interested in social constructionism and contemporary issues and debates across the social sciences.
In his study Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman contrasts
the hopes and expectations of the modernising world of the
nineteenth century with the real outcomes of the twentieth century,
where the very conditions of modernity have led to the mass
destruction of humanity and of those early hopes for the betterment
of humankind. This volume explores the possibilities left to those
once modernising societies, not only in terms of the worlds they
have constructed but also in discerning the novel conditions which
the closure of modernity entails. That closure, in part the
completion of industrialisation and the social order that went with
it, and in part the dislocation of the kinds of social knowledge
used to understand it, has raised profound and disturbing questions
about the character of this brave new world and the ways in which
its governance and the goal of the good society can be understood.
This volume explores some of the current vicissitudes of modernity,
especially in relation to the crises of the political, and the
political consequences of new technologies.
In his study Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman contrasts
the hopes and expectations of the modernising world of the
nineteenth century with the real outcomes of the twentieth century,
where the very conditions of modernity have led to the mass
destruction of humanity and of those early hopes for the betterment
of humankind. This volume explores the possibilities left to those
once modernising societies, not only in terms of the worlds they
have constructed but also in discerning the novel conditions which
the closure of modernity entails. That closure, in part the
completion of industrialisation and the social order that went with
it, and in part the dislocation of the kinds of social knowledge
used to understand it, has raised profound and disturbing questions
about the character of this brave new world and the ways in which
its governance and the goal of the good society can be understood.
This volume explores some of the current vicissitudes of modernity,
especially in relation to the crises of the political, and the
political consequences of new technologies.
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