Weber, Goethe, and the Nietzschean Allusion: Capturing the Source of the “Iron Cage” Metaphor

Edward Tiryakian recently argued that Max Weber was so deeply affected by John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress that he personally identified with one of its characters, a man who was trapped in an iron cage of despair. Therein, Tiryakian claimed, lies the origins of the famous “iron cage” meta...

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Main Author: Kent, Stephen A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1983
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1983, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 297-319
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