tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post8389681593513030704..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Public SociologyPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84886603351467838602007-01-18T15:39:00.000+00:002007-01-18T15:39:00.000+00:00This is the one and only time I'll say this but "t...This is the one and only time I'll say this but "there is a very good book by anthony giddens on this" gasp, gasp, there, I said it!<br /><br />I forget the exact title but it's about Weber's role in the formation of the Weimar republic. Ace.<br /><br />I don't think Lukacs was only refering to Weber, although I believe Weber was the first person ever to teach "sociology" at a university. I think the objection is to turn society into an object of study where one must, of necesity, remain "objective" and therefore passive if one is to retain any academic credentialsJim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-17253220570387640052007-01-18T11:59:00.000+00:002007-01-18T11:59:00.000+00:00I think Lukacs had his former mentor, Max Weber, i...I think Lukacs had his former mentor, Max Weber, in mind when he wrote this. Despite his idealist methodology Weber produced a lot of work that conforms to a historical materialist understanding. Unfortunately for him as a liberal nationalist who felt crushed by bureaucratisation and rationalisation, he couldn't see any basis for a politics beyond administering what is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-88236985525854785682007-01-17T19:24:00.000+00:002007-01-17T19:24:00.000+00:00hey up phil..
I finally got round to sorting my b...hey up phil..<br /><br />I finally got round to sorting my blog out.<br /><br />check it out.brother_fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803089508868966596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-31968783550378369522007-01-17T14:19:00.000+00:002007-01-17T14:19:00.000+00:00Well Lukacs said that Sociology is a bourgois resp...Well Lukacs said that Sociology is a bourgois response to Marx which absolves you of the "necessity of praxis" which I think is right.<br /><br />But everyone has to make a living.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.com