The German sociologist Robert Michels (1876-1936) wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites and on the problem of power and its abuse.Robert Michels was born on Jan. 9, 1876, in Cologne. ...
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The German sociologist Robert Michels (1876-1936) wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites and on the problem of power and its abuse. Robert Michels was born on January 9, 1876, in Colog...
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In the following review of Michels's Probleme der Sozialphosophie, Loos praises the unadorned style of Michels 's writing in German, and agrees with his theories on castes in industrial ...
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In the following essay, Scaff examines the personal relationship between Michels and Max Weber, and recounts their ideological similarities and differences.
This paper investigates the unique inte...
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In the following review of Michels's Sexual Ethics, Haynes finds Michels's theory of human sexuality in general, and chastity in particular, inconclusive.
[Sexual Ethics] contains muc...
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In the following review of Political Parties, Beard declares that he finds pessimistic Michels 's pronouncement that, regardless how much education is given to the masses they will ultimately y...
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In the following essay, based upon a paper delivered in 1960, Friedrich compares and contrasts Michels's and Hobbes 's definition of power.
The term charisma and its derivatives, int...
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In the following essay, Cook places Michels 's political theories in the context of the historical time in which they were written.
Robert Michels's Political Parties1 and the "...
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Rep. William Jefferson's attorney told federal judges Tuesday that last year's FBI raid on the congressman's office had grave implications for the independence of the legislative branch, and he ask...
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Robert Michels
Robert Michels
Critical Essay by Isaac Loos
Lawmaker challenges legality of FBI raid
