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From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (includes 'Politics as a Vocation')

Max Weber; H. H. Gerth (ed. and trans.); C. Wright Mills (ed. and trans.) · Oxford University Press · 1946

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Author: Max Weber; H. H. Gerth (ed. and trans.); C. Wright Mills (ed. and trans.)
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: Text checked in a 1957 printing digitised by the Digital Library of India (archive.org); the Arthashastra passage is on pp. 123–124.

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EstablishedIn 'Politics as a Vocation' (1919) Max Weber wrote that 'really radical Machiavellianism' is classically represented by Kautilya's Arthashastra, in comparison with which Machiavelli's Prince is 'harmless'.EstablishedIn 'Politics as a Vocation' (1919) Weber defined the state as a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.