The Unpolitical: On the Radical Critique of Political Reason
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Weber's Phenomenology Weber's Phenomenology
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A Hierarchy of Values A Hierarchy of Values
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An Impossible Harmony An Impossible Harmony
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The Gods Are in Conflict The Gods Are in Conflict
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The Form of Political Decision The Form of Political Decision
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Limits of Political Action Limits of Political Action
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The Two Cities The Two Cities
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9 Weber and the Politician as Tragic Hero
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Published:01 June 2009
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These lectures actually make up a single study of the source of Weber's thought and the conflict from which the necessity for philosophy arises, which cannot be resolved according to the terms in which it really manifests itself but only by mystifying its characters. If the tragic awareness of the impossibility of resolving the conflict is at the heart of life itself, then Weber's phenomenology reveals itself as definitely tragic. Therefore, any interpretation of Weber's work is based on the notion of dualism: even though it is possible to grasp its distinct aspect, it is still completely wrong when considered as a whole. This chapter also argues that the politician is no hero; that, in short, he has nothing to do with any kind of superman and a hero is not one who accomplishes himself in extremis, but he who tolerates the tension of opposites. It proves that political activity is not social, because the ends that it pursues are not conceivable outside of social relations.
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