Nietzsche and early German and Austrian sociology /

Table Of Contents:
Preface xi
The sociocultural implications of Nietzsche's writings xi
The individual chapters of the book xiv
Prelude to a conclusion xix
The Nietzsche reception and his ``unpublished writings'' or Nachlaß xx
Acknowledgements xxv

Introduction and statement of the problem - The sociological Nietzsche reception in perspective 3(34)

Nietzsche and the history of sociology 6(7)

Recent Weberian responses to Nietzsche's influence on Max Weber's sociology 13(15)

Nietzsche, Max Weber and the question of value-free social science 14(4)

Nietzsche, Max Weber and the question of Wissenschaft 18(3)

W.G. Runciman and Nietzsche's notion of Wissenschaft 21(2)

Can there be a Nietzschean Sociology? 23(5)

The phases of the Nietzsche reception 28(9)

The traditional Nietzsche reception in its historical context 37(24)

Nietzsche's influence on German cultural and intellectual history 38(7)

Nietzsche's influence on philosophy, literature and art 45(16)

Nietzsche and philosophy 45(6)

Nietzsche and literature 51(3)

Nietzsche and art 54(7)

Nietzsche and the Sociology of his Times 61(16)

The emergence and origins of sociology 62(5)

Nietzsche's comments on sociology 67(10)

Nietzsche and Auguste Comte 69(2)

Nietzsche and Herbert Spencer 71(6)

The legacy of Nietzsche's philosophy in Max Weber's sociology 77(18)

Nietzsche's influence on Max Weber 78(4)

Nietzsche's influence on Max Weber's notion of the ``Protestant Ethic'' 82(7)

Nietzsche, Max Weber and early German sociological thought: an assessment 89(6)

On the inherent problems in the dualistic modes of interpreting modernity 95(28)

The problematic nature of dualistic conceptions of ``modernity'' 95(4)

Theories of ``modernity'' --- old and new 99(24)

The nature of ``modernity'' in modern social theory 103(3)

Nietzsche on ``modernity'' 106(4)

On the sociogenesis of the dichotomy of ``culture vs. civilisation'' in Germany 110(7)

Nietzsche on ``culture'' and ``civilisation'' 117(6)

Nietzsche's cultural critique and his views on educational ideals 123(62)

Nietzsche's cultural philosophy and the ``genealogy of cultural sociology in Germany'' 123(9)

Nietzsche as a critic of culture 132(7)

Nietzsche's critique of culture in Die Geburt der Tragodie 133(6)

Nietzsche as Educator 139(12)

Nietzsche's ``threefold typology of mankind'' 145(6)

Nietzsche's notion of the Ubermensch and early sociology 151(34)

The sociological rejection of Nietzsche's notion of the Ubermensch 154(1)

Nietzsche's influence on Ferdinand Tonnies 154(3)

Nietzsche, Ferdinand Tonnies and Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft 157(5)

Die Geburt der Tragodie as impetus for Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft 162(4)

Nietzsche's notion of the Ubermensch as seen by Ferdinand Tonnies 166(8)

Nietzsche and Ferdinand Tonnies on ``freethinking'' and ``educational ideals'' 174(11)

Rosa Mayreder's response to Nietzsche's philosophy 185(56)

Rosa Mayreder and Nietzsche in dialogue 185(3)

Rosa Mayreder's discovery of Wagner and Nietzsche 188(9)

Rosa Mayreder, Wagner and Christianity 190(2)

Rosa Mayreder, Nietzsche and Christianity 192(5)

Rosa Mayreder's dismissal of the Nietzsche cult 197(8)

The ``Telyn Society'' and the ``Pernerstorfer Circle'' 199(2)

Rosa Mayreder and Ubermenschentum 201(4)

Rosa Mayreder's gendered critique of (1) ``culture'' and ``civilisation'' and (2) of ``ascetic ideals'' 205(36)

Rosa Mayreder's fundamental opposition to social roles 206(3)

Rosa Mayreder's gendered critique of ``culture'' and ``civilisation'' 209(15)

Rosa Mayreder's critique of ``ascetic ideals'' 224(1)

Nietzsche and ``ascetic ideals'' 224(6)

Rosa Mayreder's ``ascetic eroticism'' 230(4)

Understanding Rosa Mayreder's ``ascetic eroticism'' 234(7)

Alfred Weber's response to Nietzsche's philosophy 241(60)

Alfred Weber and Nietzsche in dialogue 241(5)

Alfred Weber's farewell to European history 246(14)

Alfred Weber's farewell to Nietzsche 250(10)

Alfred Weber and the origins of Kultursoziologie 260(8)

The theory of Kultursoziologie 268(8)

Nietzsche and Alfred Weber's ``fourfold typology of mankind'' 276(12)

Nietzsche, Alfred Weber and the notion of tragedy in history 288(13)
Conclusion 301(6)
Appendices 307(2)
Bibliography 309(14)
Name Index 323(4)
Subject Index 327