Weber: Political Writings
by: Max Weber / Peter Lassman (Editor), Ronald Speirs (Translator)

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 390 pages. A selection of Max Weber's most important political writings. Weber examines constitutional questions, problems of democracy, socialism, and economic policy, always with careful attention to the moral claims of political antagonists and their intellectual basis. The texts show his power as an analyst of politics and make clear that a serious consequentialist understanding of political life requires subtlety and historical understanding. Clean copy.