HIST 6084

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HIST 6084
How to be Modern: Thinking with Max Weber

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Max Weber (1864-1920) was the sharpest analyst of modernity: a condition marked by a global capitalist economic system, in which individuals are forced to specialize in a profession and calculate rationally without the comfort of religious belief but longing for objectivity in a world overtaken by relativism. But despite Weber’s influence he never produced a major programmatic book or school and left a fragmented body work across sociology, history, law, economics, religion, and philosophy. This reading- and discussion-intensive course examines Weber in the round, exploring both his empirical historical work and why any study of the modern human condition requires grappling with the issues that Weber identified: universalism and relativism, objectivity, rationality, specialization and vocation, transnational comparison, historical development, ideal-types, and motivation.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4084

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12317 HIST 6084   SEM 101

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Mulder, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12318 HIST 6084   IND 601

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies