The article examines Max Weber’s Politics as a Vocation within the broader context of his sociology through an examination of the unintended consequences of action. This speech, alongside Science as a Vocation, from the end of his life is interpreted as a classic example of Weber’s pessimistic sociology in which the unintended consequences of action are typically negative and potentially destructive. The article, however, concludes with an examination of other political articles and speeches from the years immediately following the end of the War in which Weber examines the positive prospects for political reform. Despite Weber’s admiration for the success of democratic institutions in the United States and Great Britain, Weber’s legacy, such as his references to ‘caesarism’ in connection with mass democracy, is entangled controversially with the politico-juridical publications of Carl Schmitt and the crisis of democracy resulting in European fascism.

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马克斯·韦伯与政治悲剧：对行动意外后果的反思

本文通过考察行动的意外后果，在其社会学的更广泛背景下考察了马克斯·韦伯的政治作为一种职业。这篇演讲与作为职业的科学一起，从他生命的尽头开始被解释为韦伯悲观社会学的一个经典例子，其中行动的意外后果通常是负面的和潜在的破坏性。然而，这篇文章的结尾是对战争结束后几年的其他政治文章和演讲的考察，韦伯在这些文章和演讲中考察了政治改革的积极前景。尽管韦伯钦佩美国和英国民主制度的成功，但韦伯的遗产，例如他提到的与大众民主有关的“凯撒主义”，