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Podcast: New Books in German Studies
Episode: Thomas Kemple, âIntellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weberâs Callingâ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
Description: Thomas Kempleâs new book is an extraordinarily thoughtful invitation to approach Max Weber (1864-1920) as a performer, and to experience Weberâs work by attending to his spoken and written voice. Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weberâs Calling (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) looks carefully at the literary structure and aesthetic elements of Weberâs arguments, considering how the texts offer an âallegorical resource for thinking sociologically.â Kemple argues that the formal structure of Weberâs ideas is inseparable from the content, and that understanding one is crucial for understanding the other. As a way into that formal structure, in...