The Cambridge Companion to WeberMax Weber is indubitably one of the very greatest figures in the history of the social sciences, the source of seminal concepts like 'the Protestant Ethic', 'charisma' and the idea of historical processes of 'rationalization'. But, like his great forebears Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Weber's work always resists easy categorisation. Prominent as a founding father of sociology, Weber has been a major influence in the study of ancient history, religion, economics, law and, more recently, cultural studies. This Cambridge Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the major facets of his thought, including several (like industrial psychology) which have hitherto been neglected. A distinguished international team of contributors examines some of the major controversies that have erupted over Weber's specialized work, and shows how the issues have developed since he wrote. The articles demonstrate Weber's impact on a variety of research areas. |
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Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Rationality rationalization and psychology | 25 |
Rationality economy and society | 27 |
Rationalization and culture | 48 |
Psychophysics and culture | 65 |
Politics and culture | 87 |
The rule of man over man politics power and legitimation | 89 |
Weber on the cultural situation of the modern age | 105 |
Religions and their economic ethics | 155 |
Max Webers Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | 157 |
Max Webers Orient | 178 |
Max Webers Ancient Judaism | 206 |
Law and economics | 227 |
Max Weber as legal historian | 229 |
From agrarian history to crosscultural comparisons Weber on GrecoRoman antiquity | 246 |
Max Weber as economist and economic historian | 262 |
Global capitalism and multiethnicity Max Weber then and now | 123 |
Constitutional Caesarism Webers politics in their German context | 137 |
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| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Weber Cambridge companions to philosophy Cambridge companions to philosophy, religion and culture The Cambridge companion to, Stephen P. Turner |
| Editor | Stephen Turner |
| Contributor | Max Weber |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 052156753X, 9780521567534 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Social History Philosophy / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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