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Dear All, The Russian Sociological Review (sociologica.hse.ru/en), an international peer-reviewed academic journal published by the National Research University — Higher School of Economics (www.hse.ru), invites contributions from philosophy, social sciences and cognate fields for the special issue entitled *The Contemporary Relevance of a Classic: * *Max Weber in the 21st Century* Max Weber is a highly relevant social theoretician for the 21st century as > his concepts and metaphors are still appropriate in emerging contexts. As a > classic he is important for sociological education; as a theoretician he > still provides scholars with opportunities to re- veal much about the > current state of the art. Within this pragmatic exploitation, Weber is not > an unquestionable figure in the sociological classical pantheon—his > writings are subject to criticism and a problem-focused examination within > the studies of the social realities of the 21st century. > > On January 28, 1919 Weber gave a lecture *Politics as a Vocation* to the > members of Bavarian branch of the Free Students Union. The lecture became > one of the key writings for the understanding of politics in the modern > era. These two lectures on vocation construct a framework for novel > reflections on the relevance and efficiency of Weber’s ideas. > On the occasion of centenary of the second lecture the Centre for > Fundamental Sociology will host an international conference with a > provisional title Weber and Contemporary Politics. In anticipation of the > event, we would like to announce *a call for papers for a special issue* > of the Russian Sociological Review. We welcome papers on the following > topics: — the idea and problem of modernity; > — ethics and politics, ethics and science in the contemporary era; > — “heartless professionals”: universal trend and regional specificity; > — parliamentarism, plebiscitary democracy and presidential governance; > — genuine and alleged constitutionalism; > — sociology of journalism and ethical foundations of vocational labor. The deadline for the abstract submission is *July 1, 2018.* See full cfp and schedule : https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/news/217990557.html Please share among your colleagues and those who may be interested in the topic. Kind regards, Nail Farkhatdinov, Editorial Team Russian Sociological Review