Politics as a Vocation - Max Weber (Thai Edition)

Politics as a Vocation (Politik als Beruf)
By Max Weber

With an Introduction by Thanes Wongyannava

"The world is governed by demons. Anyone who enters into politics—that is, anyone who engages with power and violence as a means—has struck a pact with diabolical powers."

Delivered against the turbulent backdrop of post-WWI Germany, Max Weber’s Politics as a Vocation remains one of the most influential lectures in the history of social science. Addressing a group of liberal-left students in Munich, Weber provides a cold, clinical, yet deeply passionate analysis of what it means to live for politics and off politics.

In this brief but monumental text, Weber deconstructs the machinery of party politics and the emergence of the professional politician. He introduces the harrowing reality that "legalized mafias" exist within the structures of modern governance, operating openly and with social prestige.

Weber’s core warning is a challenge to all political idealists:

"It is simply not true that from good only good can come, and from evil only evil. Very often the opposite is true. Anyone who fails to realize this is, in fact, a mere child in political matters."

This edition explores Weber’s vital distinction between the Ethics of Conviction (moral purity) and the Ethics of Responsibility (the willingness to answer for the consequences of one’s actions). It is an essential roadmap for understanding the tragic nature of political leadership and the relentless demands of the modern state.


// Table of Contents //

Translator’s Preface
Introduction: The Call of the Professional — By Thanes Wongyannava
Politics as a Vocation
Index


Details
▪️Format : Paperback
▪️Piyavit Tepumnuaysakul : Editor
▪️Designed by ● SM STUDIO | Chirawat Rotaim ●
▪️Published : September 2020
▪️Length : 168 pages
▪️ISBN : 978-616-562-016-1
▪️Dimensions (in) : 5.25 x 8.25
▪️Price : 200 THB