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El. knyga: Searching for the Spirit of American Democracy: Max Weber's Analysis of a Unique Political Culture, Past, Present, and Future [Taylor & Francis e-book]

(Boston University, USA)
  • Formatas: 176 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 14-Nov-2013
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315632223
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  • Formatas: 176 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 14-Nov-2013
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315632223
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The 'crisis of American democracy' debate is advanced in this engaging new contribution. By referring to Max Weber's long-term perspective, Stephen Karlberg provides rich new insights into the particular contours of today's American political culture - and some reasons for optimism. Kalberg draws upon Weber to reconstruct political culture in ways that define America's unique spirit of democracy. Developing several Weber-inspired models, the author reveals patterns of oscillation in American history. Can these pendulum movements sustain today the symbiotic dualism that earlier invigorated American democracy? Can they do so to such an extent that the American spirit of democracy is rejuvenated? Whilst exploring whether Weber's explanations and insights can be generalised beyond the American case, 'Searching for the Spirit of American Democracy' forcefully argues that facilitating political cultures is indispensable if democracies are to endure.
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction 1(20)
The Political Culture Approach and the Spirit of American Democracy
8(2)
Toward Max Weber: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Political Culture
10(2)
The American Political Culture's Central Contours and Long-Range Pathways
12(2)
An Overview
14(7)
Chapter One The Foundations I: The Ascetic Protestant Cornerstones of the Early American Political Culture
21(12)
World-Mastery Individualism: Religious Origins
22(4)
Community Activism: Religious Origins
26(1)
Creating the Kingdom of God
26(2)
The Ethical Community: The Congregation
28(5)
Chapter Two The Foundations II: The Protestant Sects in the American Colonies, the Early United States, and Beyond
33(14)
Beyond The Protestant Ethic: The Protestant Sect
36(1)
Sect and Church
37(2)
The Sect's Social-Psychological Dynamic: "Holding Your Own" Individualism, Conformity, and the Methodical-Rational Organization of Life
39(4)
The Puritan Sects: Democratic Governance, Freedom of Conscience, and the Opposition to Secular Authority
43(4)
Chapter Three The "Eminent Power" of the American Political Culture to Form Groups: From Sects to Civic Associations, the Civic Sphere, and Practical-Ethical Action in the Nineteenth Century
47(12)
"American Society Is Not a Sandpile"
49(2)
The Expansion of the Congregation's Values into Communities and the Formation of a Civic Sphere
51(3)
The Maintenance of Public Ideals and Civic Ethics: "Practical-Ethical Action" and the New Symbiotic Dualism
54(5)
Chapter Four The Political Culture of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Strong Individual-Small State Constellation
59(9)
The View of the State in Industrializing America
60(3)
Isolating American Uniqueness: The View of the State in Industrializing Germany and the Divergent Location of Practical-Ethical Action
63(5)
Chapter Five The Weberian Model: The Dissolution of the American Civic Sphere in the Twentieth Century
68(15)
The Modern World: An Iron Cage?
69(6)
The Weberian Model: The Dissolution of the Civic Sphere
75(1)
The Privatization of Work and the Expansion of Practical Rationalism
75(2)
The Circumscription of the Civic Sphere by "Europeanization"
77(1)
The Circumscription of the Civic Sphere by the "Power of Material Goods"
78(5)
Chapter Six Complementary Models: Expanding the Weberian Model
83(16)
The Generalization Model: The Civic Sphere's Longevity
84(1)
The Role of Moral Values in the 2004 Presidential Election: An Application of the Generalization Model
85(3)
The Professional Associations Model: The Relocation and Narrowing of the Sect Legacy
88(3)
The Conflict Model: The Contested Civic Sphere
91(8)
Chapter Seven Conclusion: Max Weber's Analysis of the Spirit of American Democracy, Past, Present, and Future
99(19)
Reviewing the Argument
102(1)
A Colonial Era Symbiotic Dualism
102(1)
The Nineteenth Century: A Civic-Oriented Individualism and a New Symbiotic Dualism
103(3)
Lessons from the Unusual American Case?
106(3)
The Weberian Mode of Analysis: Studying Political Cultures
109(9)
Appendix I The American Journey: Observations and Ramifications 118(9)
Appendix II The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: A Brief Summary 127(9)
Glossary 136(6)
Bibliography 142(9)
Credits 151(1)
Index 152(5)
About the Author 157
Stephen Kalberg, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University, is the author of Max Webers Comparative-Historical Sociology Today (Ashgate 2012), the translator of Max Weber: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Oxford 2011), and the editor of Max Weber: Readings and Commentary on Modernity (Wiley Blackwell 2005).
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