Max Webers deutsch-englische Familiengeschichte 1800 - 1950: Mit Briefen und Dokumenten Unknown - 2001
by Guenther Roth
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English summary: Max Weber (1864-1920), world-famous theorist of western capitalism and rationalism, descended from wealthy Anglo-German merchant families. His family history as been largely unexplored, although it has influenced his worldview and work significantly.Guenther Roth deals with four generations within the framework of the tensions between cosmopolitanism and nationalism, whereby Weber himself appears as a 'cosmopolitan nationalist'. Related themes are the tensions between Jewish integration and antisemitism, female emancipation and male dominance, migration and exile, and religious and secular world views. Utilizing largely unknown or ignored English and German sources, the author traces the international business careers of the Souchay and Weber families and the national political careers of Weber's father and other relatives. Special attention is given to the women, whose roles as dutiful wives and daughters but also as early feminists are recovered through their letters. German description: Die jetzige Periode des globalen Kapitalismus hatte ihren Vorlaufer im 19. Jahrhundert. Max Weber (1864-1920), weltberuhmt als Theoretiker des okzidentalen Kapitalismus und Rationalismus, entstammte einem Kreis reicher deutsch-englischer Handelsfamilien.Guenther Roth verfolgt eine Geschichte von vier Generationen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kosmopolitismus und Nationalismus, in der Weber selbst als 'kosmopolitischer Nationalist' mit realistischem weltwirtschaftlichem Verstandnis erscheint. Die beiden Leitthemen sind verbunden mit der Problematik von judischer Integration und Antisemitismus, weiblicher Emanzipation und Mannerherrschaft, Migration und Exil, und nicht zuletzt religioser und weltlicher Sinngebung. Anhand von neuen Quellen behandelt Guenther Roth sowohl die internationalen Wirtschaftskarrieren der Souchay-, Benecke- und Weberfamilien wie die nationalen politischen Karrieren von Mannern wie dem Frankfurter Senator Eduard Souchay, dem Historiker Hermann Baumgarten, dem Theologen Otto Baumgarten und dem Berliner Stadtrat und Parlamentarier Max Weber senior. Gleiches Gewicht ist den Frauen gewidmet, im Beschluss Marianne Weber und ihrem Kreis in der Frauenbewegung.
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- Title Max Webers deutsch-englische Familiengeschichte 1800 - 1950: Mit Briefen und Dokumenten
- Author Guenther Roth
- Binding unknown
- Publisher Mohr
- Date 2001-05
- ISBN 9783161475573
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