Макс Вебер: жизнь на рубеже эпох. Под ред. Кушнаревой И.В.

V trinadtsatʹ let Maks Veber shtudiruet trudy Makiavelli i Liutera, v dvadtsatʹ deviatʹ — uzhe professor. V kakie-to momenty on proiavliaet sebia kak rʹianyĭ natsionalist, no v to zhe vremia s interesom znakomitsia s «amerikanskim obrazom zhizni». Maks Veber (1864—1920) — ėto ne tolʹko odin iz samykh vliiatelʹnykh mysliteleĭ moderna, no i neveroiatno iarkaia, protivorechivaia figura dukhovnoĭ zhizni Germanii kontsa XIX — nachala XX vekov. On stradaet tipichnoĭ dlia svoeĭ ėpokhi «nervnoĭ boleznʹiu», rabotaet kak oderzhimyĭ, no ni odnu knigu ne dopisyvaet do kontsa. Dazhe ego glavnyĭ trud «Khoziaĭstvo i obshchestvo» vykhodit uzhe posle smerti avtora.Znachenie Vebera kak sotsiologa i ėkonomista, istorika i iurista obshchepriznanno, ego raboty okazali ogromnoe vliianie na tselye pokoleniia uchenykh i politikov vo vsem mire — no chto povliialo na ego lichnostʹ? Chto dvigalo im samim? Do sikh por Maks Veber kak chelovek dlia bolʹshinstva ego chitateleĭ ostavalsia zagadkoĭ.IUrgen Kaube, odin iz samykh izvestnykh nauchnykh zhurnalistov Germanii, v svoeĭ uvlekatelʹnoĭ biografii Vebera, napisannoĭ k 150-letnemu iubileiu so dnia ego rozhdeniia, pytaetsia poniatʹ i osmyslitʹ ėtu zhiznʹ na grani iznemozheniia — i odnovremenno sozdaet zavorazhivaiushchiĭ portret pervoĭ, reshaiushcheĭ fazy ėpokhi moderna.

In thirteen years, Max Weber study the works of Machiavelli and Luther at twenty-nine is already a Professor. At some points he manifests himself as a zealous nationalist, but at the same time, pay attention to the "American way of life". Max Weber (1864-1920) is not only one of the most influential thinkers of modernity, but also incredibly bright, controversial figure in the spiritual life of Germany in the late XIX — early XX centuries. He has typical for his age "nervous disease" runs like a man possessed, but no one book does not append to the end. Even his major work, "Economy and society" is published after the author's death.The value of Weber as a sociologist and economist, historian and lawyer recognized his work had a huge influence on generations of scholars and politicians around the world — but what has influenced his personality? What motivated them? Still Max Weber as a man for most of his readers remained a mystery.Jürgen Kaube, one of the most well-known scientific journalists in Germany, in his fascinating biography of Weber, written for the 150 anniversary of his birth, trying to understand and comprehend that life on the brink of exhaustion and at the same time creates a fascinating portrait of the first, crucial phase of the modern era.