Politics as a Vocation
Thai edition of Politic as a vocation Written by Max Weber
Published in Thailand by Sommadhi Book
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The state is seen as the sole grantor of the 'right' to physical force.
Therefore, 'politics' in our case would mean the pursuit for a portion of power
or for influencing the division of power whether it is between states, or between
groups of people which the state encompasses.
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Maximilian Karl Emil "Max" Weber was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist. His ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research. Weber is recognized as one of the founders of sociology besides Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx
Weber's main intellectual concern was understanding the processes of rationalisation,
secularisation, and "disenchantment" that he associated with the rise of capitalism and modernity.
"Politics as a Vocation" is an essay in one of the lecture series he gave in Munich to the "Free Students Union" of Bavaria in 1919 during the German Revolution.
