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Classics of German and World Sociology in World War I
stmm. 2022 (4): 162-171
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2022.04.162
SERHII MAKEIEV, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Structures, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
smakeev950@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-8741
The attitude of German sociologists to the First World War, which today is unconditionally included in the classical tradition, was not unambiguous. All of them shared the convictions set forth in the open letter of 93 German scientists, philosophers, historians, art critics "Toward a Cultural World", which justified Germany’s participation in the war. But the modality of sociologists’ patriotism varied within fairly wide limits. The extreme nationalist position was occupied and expressed by W. Sombart. M. Weber considered it necessary to find rational and realistic conditions for a truce acceptable to all participants in the conflict. G. Simmel adhered to the most moderate opinions, in his lectures and articles promoting Eurocentrism from the point of view of the vital interests of Germany. R. Michels, who lived and worked in Italy before and during the war, did not hide his anti-German views and sentiments.
Keywords: sociology, war, Weber, Simmel, Sombart, Michels
References
Aron, R. (1990). Memoirs: Fifty Years of Political Reflection. Holmes & Meier.
Cotesta, V. (2017). Classical Sociology and the First World War: Weber, Durkheim, Simmel and Scheler in the Trenches. History, 102, 351, 432–449.
Dahrendorf, R. (2021). Temptations of unfreedom. Intellectuals in Times of Trials. [In Russian]. Moscow: New Literary Review. [=Дарендорф 2021]
Goodstein, E.S. (2017). Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Hanafi, S. (2022). Ukraine, Putin’s Imperial Paradigm and Euro-America. Global Dialog, 12, 2, 8–9.
Harrington, A. (2005). Introduction to Georg Simmel’s Essay «Europe and America in World History». European Journal of Social Theory, 8, 1, 63–72.
Ioas, H. (1990). The Classics of Sociology and the First World War. Thesis Eleven, 27, 101–124.
Kaube, J. (2016). Max Weber. Life at the turn of the eras. Tr. from Germ. by I. Kushnareva, I. Chubarova. [In Russian]. Moscow: Publishing House Delo. [=Каубе 2016]
Makeiev S. (2019). Intellectuals: Three patterns of the attitude towards war. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 4, 158–177. [=Макеєв 2019].
Mitzman, A. (1987). Personal Conflict and Ideological Options in Sombart and Veber. In: W.J. Mommsen, J. Osterhammel (Eds.), Max Weber and his Contemporaries. London, New York: Routledge, Tailor & Francis Group.
Mommsen, W.J. (1987). Robert Michels and Max Veber: Moral Conviction versus the Politics of Responsibility. In: W.J. Mommsen, J. Osterhammel (Eds.), Max Weber and his Contemporaries. London, New York: Routledge, Tailor & Francis Group.
Pietilä, K. (2011). Reason of Sociology. George Simmel and Beyond. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Sombart, V. (2021). Traders and Heroes. Patriotic Reflection. London: Arctos.
Watier, P. (1991). The War Writings of Georg Simmel. Theory, Culture & Society, 8, 219–233.
Weber, M. (2007). The life and work of Max Weber. [In Russian]. Tr. by M.I. Levina. Moscow: ROSSPEN. [=Вебер 2007]
Received 10.08.2022
Classics of German and World Sociology in World War I
stmm. 2022 (4): 162-171
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2022.04.162
SERHII MAKEIEV, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Structures, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
smakeev950@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-8741
The attitude of German sociologists to the First World War, which today is unconditionally included in the classical tradition, was not unambiguous. All of them shared the convictions set forth in the open letter of 93 German scientists, philosophers, historians, art critics "Toward a Cultural World", which justified Germany’s participation in the war. But the modality of sociologists’ patriotism varied within fairly wide limits. The extreme nationalist position was occupied and expressed by W. Sombart. M. Weber considered it necessary to find rational and realistic conditions for a truce acceptable to all participants in the conflict. G. Simmel adhered to the most moderate opinions, in his lectures and articles promoting Eurocentrism from the point of view of the vital interests of Germany. R. Michels, who lived and worked in Italy before and during the war, did not hide his anti-German views and sentiments.
Keywords: sociology, war, Weber, Simmel, Sombart, Michels
References
Aron, R. (1990). Memoirs: Fifty Years of Political Reflection. Holmes & Meier.
Cotesta, V. (2017). Classical Sociology and the First World War: Weber, Durkheim, Simmel and Scheler in the Trenches. History, 102, 351, 432–449.
Dahrendorf, R. (2021). Temptations of unfreedom. Intellectuals in Times of Trials. [In Russian]. Moscow: New Literary Review. [=Дарендорф 2021]
Goodstein, E.S. (2017). Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Hanafi, S. (2022). Ukraine, Putin’s Imperial Paradigm and Euro-America. Global Dialog, 12, 2, 8–9.
Harrington, A. (2005). Introduction to Georg Simmel’s Essay «Europe and America in World History». European Journal of Social Theory, 8, 1, 63–72.
Ioas, H. (1990). The Classics of Sociology and the First World War. Thesis Eleven, 27, 101–124.
Kaube, J. (2016). Max Weber. Life at the turn of the eras. Tr. from Germ. by I. Kushnareva, I. Chubarova. [In Russian]. Moscow: Publishing House Delo. [=Каубе 2016]
Makeiev S. (2019). Intellectuals: Three patterns of the attitude towards war. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 4, 158–177. [=Макеєв 2019].
Mitzman, A. (1987). Personal Conflict and Ideological Options in Sombart and Veber. In: W.J. Mommsen, J. Osterhammel (Eds.), Max Weber and his Contemporaries. London, New York: Routledge, Tailor & Francis Group.
Mommsen, W.J. (1987). Robert Michels and Max Veber: Moral Conviction versus the Politics of Responsibility. In: W.J. Mommsen, J. Osterhammel (Eds.), Max Weber and his Contemporaries. London, New York: Routledge, Tailor & Francis Group.
Pietilä, K. (2011). Reason of Sociology. George Simmel and Beyond. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Sombart, V. (2021). Traders and Heroes. Patriotic Reflection. London: Arctos.
Watier, P. (1991). The War Writings of Georg Simmel. Theory, Culture & Society, 8, 219–233.
Weber, M. (2007). The life and work of Max Weber. [In Russian]. Tr. by M.I. Levina. Moscow: ROSSPEN. [=Вебер 2007]
Received 10.08.2022
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