Max Weber y el concepto de lo político: la ética guerrera y la necesidad de la culpa

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01/2015
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Universidad de Antioquia
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Estudios Políticos
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0121-5167
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En la perspectiva de Max Weber, la política es lucha, la violencia es su medio específico y la guerra su expresión más sublime. Así y todo, no es posible reducir la perspectiva weberiana a la de un nacionalismo belicista, debido a que su concepción de lo político como lucha queda contaminada por la inoculación de un sentido de culpa, que da lugar a una concepción trágica de lo político. Este artículo se dedica a comprender el concepto de lo político weberiano, identificando la tensión inherente entre lucha y culpa. Para esto se interroga —de la mano de Leo Strauss— cómo opera la culpa en la concepción weberiana de lo político. Luego se rastrea —en una lectura evolutiva— la aparición de la culpa política en la obra de Weber. Esto permite identificar que el concepto weberiano de lo político adquiere su carácter trágico en virtud de la adopción de elementos característicos de la esfera religiosa. De allí se extraen una serie de conclusiones relativas a la obra política de Weber y a la teoría política en general.
According to Max Weber, politics is struggle, violence is its specific mean, and war, its most sublime expression. It is nonetheless inaccurate to define Weber's perspective as a warlike nationalism, inasmuch as his concept of the political as struggle is contaminated by the introduction of a sense of guilt, which consequently derives in a tragical account of the political. This article aims at understanding Weber's concept of the political, identifying its inherent tension between struggle and guilt. Firstly, with the help of Leo Strauss, we try to answer the question of how does the guilt work in Weber's concept of the political. Secondly, a chronological reading of Weber's oeuvre permits to account for the emergence of this notion of political guilt. It is then argued that Weber's concept of the political obtains its tragic character from the adoption of elements which pertain to the religious sphere. Finally, a series of conclusions are drawn, concerning Weber's political thought as well as political contemporary theory in general.
According to Max Weber, politics is struggle, violence is its specific mean, and war, its most sublime expression. It is nonetheless inaccurate to define Weber's perspective as a warlike nationalism, inasmuch as his concept of the political as struggle is contaminated by the introduction of a sense of guilt, which consequently derives in a tragical account of the political. This article aims at understanding Weber's concept of the political, identifying its inherent tension between struggle and guilt. Firstly, with the help of Leo Strauss, we try to answer the question of how does the guilt work in Weber's concept of the political. Secondly, a chronological reading of Weber's oeuvre permits to account for the emergence of this notion of political guilt. It is then argued that Weber's concept of the political obtains its tragic character from the adoption of elements which pertain to the religious sphere. Finally, a series of conclusions are drawn, concerning Weber's political thought as well as political contemporary theory in general.
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