Background
Mommsen, Wolfgang Justin was born on November 5, 1930 in Marburg, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Marie Therese (Iken) Mommsen.
( The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 2...)
The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 20 years intensive research into the history of the German Empire by one of Germany's leading historians. Taken together, they offer a cogent analysis of the main developments and issues in a formative and portentous period of Germany's history.
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( Concentrating on Weber's engagement with political issu...)
Concentrating on Weber's engagement with political issues and their influence over his more theoretical concepts, Mommsen offers a critical analysis of Weber's notion of democracy, distinguishing its liberal and elitist features.
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( A major work of German historiography, this comprehensi...)
A major work of German historiography, this comprehensive account of Weber's political views and activities reveals that, paradoxically, Weber was at once an ardent liberal and a determined German nationalist and imperialist. Wolfgang J. Mommsen shows the important links between these seemingly conflicting positions and provides a critique of Weber's sociology of power and his concept of democratic rule. First published in German in 1959, Max Weber and German Politics appeared in a revised edition in 1974 and became available in an English translation only in 1984. In writing this work, Mommsen drew extensively on Weber's published and unpublished essays, newspaper articles, memoranda, and correspondence.
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Mommsen, Wolfgang Justin was born on November 5, 1930 in Marburg, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Marie Therese (Iken) Mommsen.
Student, Marburg University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Cologne University, 1958. Postgraduate, Leeds University, England.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University East Anglia, England.
Visiting professor Technology University, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1967. Former professor University Düsseldorf, Germany. Director German History Institute, London, 1977-1985.
( Concentrating on Weber's engagement with political issu...)
( A major work of German historiography, this comprehensi...)
( The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 2...)
Member Verband der Historiker Deutschlands (chairman 1988-1992), International Commission History of Historiography (president), History Association (honorary), German History Society, Rotary.
Married Sabine von Schalburg. Children: Hans, Kai, Kerstin, Johanne.