Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ⭕​Jun 27, 2022

Followup to my pinned Weber / Definition of Government thread:

There's an excellent podcast examination of this here:

https://play.acast.com/s/history-of-ideas/weberonleadership

Some earlier discussion:
https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/108541676665844169

What the podcast doesn't get into is that the more modern abbreviated "monopoly on violence" form seems to originate with Murray Rothbard and was further popularised by Robert Nozick, both Libertarian philosophers / propagandists.

(I strongly hesitate to apply the word "philosopher" to Rothbard. Nozick is not entirely undeserving.)

#MaxWeber #LegitimateClaimToMonopolyOnViolenceInARegion #AllFiveTerms #MonopolyOnViolence #MonopolyOnCoercion

Weber on Leadership

Max Weber’s The Profession and Vocation of Politics (1919) was a lecture that became one of the defining texts of twentieth century political thought. In it, Weber explores the perils and paradoxes of leadership in a modern state. Is it possible to do bad in order to do good? Can violence ever be virtuous? Does political responsibility send politicians mad? David discusses the legacy of Weber’s ideas and asks: who is the true Weberian politician? Free online version of the text: http://fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/class%20readings/weber/politicsasavocation.pdf Recommended version to purchase: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weber-Political-Writings-Cambridge-History/dp/0521397197 Going Deeper: Geoffrey Hawthorn on Max Weber for the LRB Joachim Radkau, Max Weber (Polity, 2009) Talking Politics on ‘Politics as a Vocation’ with Jonathan Powell Jan-Werner Müller, Contesting democracy: political ideas in twentieth century Europe (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013) David for the LRB on Weber, Tony Blair, and the politics of good intentions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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