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The Calling to Profession in the Twenty-First Century: A New Synthesis of Weber's Writings about Vocation

The Calling to Profession in the Twenty-First Century: A New Synthesis of Weber's Writings about Vocation

Waters, Tony
Borowski, Michael

Hardcover

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date March 25, 2027

ISBN10: 303230203X
ISBN13: 9783032302038
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Mar 25 2027
Language: English

This book offers a new synthesis of Max Weber's vocational lectures, focusing on the role of ethics in vocation. It emphasizes Weber's concept of the inner calling as presented in his two vocation lectures, Science/Academics as Vocation and Politics as Vocation, as well as in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, which can be seen as developing Weber's ideas about Business as Vocation. The book illustrates how Weber used ethical tensions to explain the vocational challenges of capitalism. From this, a new general model is proposed for understanding vocation--not only in academia, politics, and business, but also in a broader contemporary context where, as Charles Taylor notes, narratives of authenticity are increasingly significant. The book offers a fresh perspective on vocation, work, and occupation, presented in a style accessible to advanced undergraduate students.

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