TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fitzi, Gregor
T1  - Max Weber’s concept of ‘modern politics
JF  - Journal of Classical Sociology
N2  - In a critical approach to Mommsen’s classical thesis, which states the dependence of Weber’s sociology on his political position, the article reconstructs the foundation of Weber’s ‘The Profession and Vocation of Politics’ on his sociological analyses of the political domain in the manuscripts for the posthumous publication of Economy and Society. The first two pages of his 1919 lecture particularly show that Weber can fall back on the definitions of State and politics that he had already developed for his political sociology. Yet, to appreciate the full extent of this theoretical contribution, it is necessary to present Weber’s entire ideal-typical analysis of the political. The article then shows that Weber provides an unlabelled definition of ‘modern politics’ that negates ante litteram Carl Schmitt’s foundation of politics on the idea of enmity. In this context, Weber’s sound plea for parliamentarism and against the fascination of civil war comes to the fore that he wanted to deliver to his audience of young revolutionaries in January 1919.
KW  - Carl Schmitt
KW  - civil war
KW  - concept of the political
KW  - Max Weber
KW  - monopoly of legitimate use of force
KW  - parliamentarism
KW  - political sociology
KW  - revolution
KW  - violence
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X19851368
SN  - 1468-795X
SN  - 1741-2897
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 361
EP  - 376
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - London
ER  -