Max Weber as a critic of Bismarck

Peter BAEHR

doi:10.1017/S0003975600005622

Max Weber as a critic of Bismarck

Peter BAEHR

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Abstract

This article examines Max Weber’s appraisal of Bismarck as a ‘Caesarist’ figure. An analysis of Weber’s opinion of Bismarck serves, I submit, not only as a contribution to the history of a concept (Caesarism) whose importance in German political discourse between 1850-1917 has been admirably documented by Groh (1972) and Gollwitzer (1987). It also helps to shed light on an area of Weber’s thought of which we know comparatively little: his idea of i/legitimacy. Moreover, insofar as Weber’s advocacy of constitutional reform in Germany was framed against the backdrop of a negative estimation of Bismarck’s legacy, it seems pertinent to subject that evaluation to close textual scrutiny.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-164
Number of pages	16
Journal	European Journal of Sociology/Archives Europeennes de Sociologie
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975600005622
Publication status	Published - May 1988

Bibliographical note

Reprinted in P. Hamilton (ed.) Max Weber: Critical Assessments, Vol. I, Routledge: 1991.
ISBN: 0415070937

Keywords

Parliaments
Voting rights
Liberalism
Bourgeois
Political power
Parliamentary system
Socialism
Political attitudes
Legacies

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Max Weber as a critic of Bismarck

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