Reading Max Weber,

 Academic for the industry (Li Meng)
When the First World War, when the smoke cleared soon, as the losers in Germany, nationalist sentiments of despair and the gradual exhaustion grew up in the ideals of peace between the increasingly sharp conflict. political crisis and social unrest, exacerbated this tension and unease. well-known German scholar Lovett wrote in his memoirs, in such an inner life in the outside world and all the stability have been the collapse of the time, in Germany, the only one who really face up to their younger generation to speak, this is Max. Weber. And his speech is that two well-known speech, for the industry Weber is a lifetime of experience and knowledge encapsulated in the speech sentences are refined. He raised acutely the problem, while they refused to give any easy answers. Perhaps it is because of Weber's speech refused to complex gives a simple answer to the key issues, only to make them today, completely different in our country, still so important. Shiluhete in ; that the reason ; to politics as a career text. whether it is academic for the industry, or to the political for the industry, Weber concern is: in a slayer in the world, a person how to face and distance dedication, passion and self-discipline, a sense of the ideal and the reality , ethics and responsibility beliefs complex tension between ethics, not to escape or succumb to all kinds of illusion, but stick to the daily requirements of a duty to shape a personality, as Baudelaire said, as a modern of heroes.
read era, and perhaps this is just an insight into the opportunities also prophecy, and today might have become a cliche of the complaint. However, how to face such a world, how to think in such a world and life, on these issues than Weber's era, we have does not seem to increase the courage and wisdom. We are still, and Weber's era, a variety of popular illusion that when people do not have the power to face the reality, they will call back all all sorts of old gods, so that they stand up from the grave of our lives to display their magic long gone. If we say that Weber's speech for this year got used to all kinds of promises for a revolutionary speech Lovett , On the self-proclaimed right demands. science itself can not provide any answers kinds of social circles in the United States, the prevalence of the concept of positivism, as Weber has no intention of science and even dismissed as useless waste culprit in the contemporary crisis. because both the former or the latter, are also to scientists as Spirit of experts this scientific discipline, this science of asceticism in order to cultivate the mind clear and bright. But, in turn, means that science is not simply the growth of knowledge, science as a vocation and the vocation of all, is our In this world of passion and discipline will cast their own personality into a road, therefore, scientists should be like the magic world of the great variety of difficult to resolve the tension in order to adhere to the unimaginable courage and endurance, and take on the world and their own destiny. with an unpublished manuscript of Weber's words, implemented in the vocation This character is a height, this is not only the height of his life, but also the imminent demise of the century, the height.
Weber believes in a conflict, no one knows God, the Prophet has also disappeared, science is not a substitute for religion, it can not provide answers, the political is also faced with endless struggle, this is our destiny lies. However, Weber does not a relativist, but not a usual sense of nihilism. Weber believe that each person only to find their own patron saint (Chinese version translated as its due role, he could truly achieved his He still persistent labor, but precisely because of the dilemma he faces, he would need to adhere to the rational practice hard everyday to prove itself. Just as in the Goethe's phrase, ; an academic for the industry Posts speech not made, as Perhaps the Chinese translation of two articles can be found a little clue.
general, Joint Publishing launched the fourth of the Weber books, very superior quality of translation. This said, there are two reasons. On the one hand, Weber translator to grasp the idea well, which is translation from the division of the two paragraphs of the speech can be seen (though there is a second presentation, by two somewhat reluctantly); on the other hand, the author asked basically the only accurate and faithful, and writing is smooth, quite literary styles, often able to capture the charm of Weber speakers. In many scholarly translations of foreign language translation of flow in a simple academic exercise or a blunt terms to translate today, Cheng is commendable. However, the two compare in terms of presentation, although some can first be discussed, but basically not a big problem. and I suspect that, for these errors, the authors rely on an English translation may be held largely responsible ; In addition, if the reference in the translation of the German text is not an earlier version, but the complete works of the detailed comments, the article may be directly or indirectly, Weber said many of the citations translated more timely and at least some. second The situation is somewhat different, in part because the author did not use Peter Lassman and Ronald Speirs more faithful translation of the original New England (not too familiar with the interpretation of Weber's sociology, written in the same period the concept of systems theory (now called Weber discussed the important characteristics of modern party politics: Weber discusses the quality of politicians, one of the three just the right sense
text from the problems encountered in the translation, we may find that these two speeches Weber's somewhat perverse place. When Weber do involved in politics most of his life into the most active time; and when Weber made the academic time, at least temporarily, when he has decided to give up his political activities. Therefore, the whole A comparative study of political structure, long dominated from the overview of the sociological theory turned to the reality of Germany, which seeks to reveal the face of this reality when the Monson has said that Webber is not only a portrait of perfect harmony, but there are two difficult to reconcile the portrait, political and academic. Perhaps, in the gaze, giving the entire presentation of a dynamic tension, speech, academic and so-called tension between the ultimate value, some are from Weber's own life (and the whole German intellectual) of the two faces of sharp tension between the ; in the and , but to understand all the thoughts Weber position, it is because of political choices in the face of the pressing time, the audience does not find from Weber's speech they want to hear. But for us today, Weber's speech was likely to win this more willing to listen patiently and thinking of the evolution than the last time the objective environment for academic discussion of politicians, the premise is to have three qualities: passion, sense of responsibility and vision. However, this passion is not romantic-style species appear in the revolutionary carnival this theory and in practice, have had a blind pursuit of experience, believe in personality worship intellectual reach of a poor imitation. And this is romantic Weber rejected the , a far cry from.
for us, perhaps from Weber on kind of false gods, whether it is Christian Weber then against pacifism, nationalism or an affair, or with whom he tried to draw the boundaries of nationalism, even those only slogans and banners, clinging to some unrealistic also irresponsible empty faith between ethics and ethical responsibility to find a complementary and balanced, so there is no faith in either flow or political opportunism indifference, or by a variety of vanity or resentment agitation, lack of calm and detached and irresponsible. And Weber In the where the teachers can not think on your behalf, the street newspaper can not to think on your behalf, and similarly, the same nation or state can not to think on your behalf. because, ultimately up to you to bear the responsibility of thinking and action.
Kant said, maturity is a difficult thing, we each of us needs to be politics as a vocation, to develop a mature personality. Perhaps the poor living in the modern era, only with such a mature personality, ; the passion, calm, and look at the same time rooted in a soul dominated by political apathy or resentment.
, of course, early in the writing, ;, but in a limited and partial implementation of the work personality. in our time that the blind pursuit of the perfect personality, but will eventually become a romantic style personality cult; but if we therefore completely give up the personality, to give up our duty, we will finally give up our freedom, have become imprisoned in the , then we end up only on the order of desire, courage and obedience to the order of mercy. Therefore, the mature personality itself means the same time resist the not > Weber appreciate his later years Goethe For modern people, when religion has gradually retreated into the private sector, where they are less and less to gain from an appeal of religion. In Thomas. Man seems the only way out is to resort to the vocation of Art. But , and tired, but for political business Even if things are not possible to do