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The Iron Cage

An Historical Interpretation of Max Weber

By: Arthur Mitzman

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The Iron Cage

An Historical Interpretation of Max Weber

By: Arthur Mitzman

This major study of the father of modern sociology explores the intimate relationship between the events of Max Weber's personal history and the development of his thought. When it was first published in 1970, Paul Roazen described "The Iron Cage "as "an example of the history of ideas at its very best"; while Robert A. Nisbet said that "we learn more about Weber's life in this volume than from any other in the English language." Weber's life and work developed in reaction to the rigidities of familial and social structures in Imperial Germany. In his youth he was torn by irreconcilable tensions between the Bismarckian authoritarianism of his father and the ethical puritanism of his mother. These tensions led to a psychic crisis when, in his thirties, he expelled his father (who died soon thereafter) from his house. His reaction to the collapse of the European social order before and during World War I was no less personal and profound. It is the triumph of Professor Mitzman's approach that he convincingly demonstrates how the internalizing of these severe experiences led to Weber's pessimistic vision of the future as an "iron cage" and to such seminal ideas as the notion of charisma and the concept of the Protestant ethic and its connection with the spirit of capitalism. The author's thesis also serves as a vehicle for describing the social, political, and personal plight of the European bourgeois intellectual of Weber's generation. In synthesizing Weber's life and thought, Arthur Mitzman has expanded and refined our understanding of this central twentieth-century figure. As Lewis Coser writes in the preface, until now "there has been little attempt to bring together the work and the man, to show the ways in which Weber's cognitive intentions, his choice of problems, were linked with the details of his personal biography. Arthur Mitzman fills this gap brilliantly.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412837456

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9781412837453

What Is History For?

Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography

By: Arthur Alfaix Assis

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What Is History For?

Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography

By: Arthur Alfaix Assis

A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen’s theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen’s claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity to think historically. In addition, Assis examines the connections and disconnections between Droysen’s theory of historical thinking, his practice of historical thought, and his political activism. Ultimately, Assis not only shows how Droysen helped reinvent the relationship between historical knowledge and human agency, but also traces some of the contradictions and limitations inherent to that project.

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244

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Berghahn Books

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1782382496

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9781782382492

At Large

By: Arthur Christopher Benson

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At Large

By: Arthur Christopher Benson

Reproduction of the original: At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

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182

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3734087422

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9783734087424

Correspondence of Sir Arthur Helps

By: Edmund Arthur Helps

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Correspondence of Sir Arthur Helps

By: Edmund Arthur Helps

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0530467682

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9780530467689

Arthur Murray’s Popularity Book

Vintage Advice and Wisdom from The Greatest Generation

By: Arthur Murray

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Arthur Murray’s Popularity Book

Vintage Advice and Wisdom from The Greatest Generation

By: Arthur Murray

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1944, the Popularity Book is a vintage guidebook full of wise and wonderful advice on living well, building poise and maintaining good relationships. Drawing on books, testimonials and magazines from the World War II era, it shows the forthright common sense and charming romanticism of the “Greatest Generation”, a generation inspired by debonair role models such as Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. As relevant today as it was in the 1940s, the Popularity Book offers counsel on being an unforgettably great date, eliciting a marriage proposal, and how to be generally charming. Compiled and originally published by Arthur Murray, it also features his iconic step-by-step footprint instructions on how to Samba, Fox Trot and Rumba divinely!

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131

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1783660082

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9781783660087

All ́s for the Best

By: T.S. Arthur

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All ́s for the Best

By: T.S. Arthur

Reproduction of the original: All ́s for the Best by T.S. Arthur

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3734064716

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9783734064715

The Crucible, Arthur Miller

By: David Langston,Martin J. Walker

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The Crucible, Arthur Miller

By: David Langston,Martin J. Walker

Each title in this series offers an exciting approach to English literature and will help students achieve a better grade. This book is packed with detailed summaries and commentaries, snappy advice, fun facts, and an extended resources section.

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1408270048

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9781408270042

The Sorcerer

By: William S. Gilbert,Arthur Sullivan

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The Sorcerer

By: William S. Gilbert,Arthur Sullivan

The Sorcerer is one of the best plays ever produced by the legendary team of Arthur and Sullivan; it is well worth taking the time to read.

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1496113322

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Death of a Salesman

Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

By: Arthur Miller Miller

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Death of a Salesman

Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

By: Arthur Miller Miller

A-- Death of a Salesman Widely considered Arthur Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman.

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1429521929

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9781429521925

The Crucible

A Play in Four Acts

By: Arthur Miller

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The Crucible

A Play in Four Acts

By: Arthur Miller

I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition ... is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it meets with diabolical malevolence.

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143529789X

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The Iron Cage

The Iron Cage

What Is History For?

What Is History For?

At Large

At Large

Correspondence of Sir Arthur Helps

Correspondence of Sir Arthur Helps

Arthur Murray’s Popularity Book

Arthur Murray’s Popularity Book

All ́s for the Best

All ́s for the Best

The Crucible, Arthur Miller

The Crucible, Arthur Miller

The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

The Crucible

The Crucible

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