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The Emerald Guide to Max Weber.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerald Guides to Social Thought SeriesPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787691896
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Emerald Guide to Max WeberDDC classification:
  • 301.092
LOC classification:
  • BD10-41
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- The Emerald Guide to Max Weber -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Weber in Context -- Chapter 2 Weber: Life, Career, and Politics -- Chapter 3 Studies in Property, Finance, and Class -- 3.1. Roman Agriculture and Medieval Trade -- 3.2. Agricultural Workers in Eastern Germany -- 3.3. The Stock and Commodity Exchange -- Chapter 4 A Methodology for the Social Sciences -- 4.1. Sociology and Social Science -- 4.2. Social Policy and Cultural Values -- 4.3. A Critique of Historical Economics -- 4.4. Theory and Concept Formation -- 4.5. Interpretive Sociology -- Chapter 5 Religion, Spirit, and Modern Capitalism -- 5.1. The Capitalist Spirit and Capitalist Activity -- 5.2. Origins of the Protestant Ethic -- 5.3. Emergence of the Capitalist Spirit -- 5.4. The Ensuing Debate -- Chapter 6 Comparative and Historical Explorations -- 6.1. The Historical and Comparative Basis -- 6.2. The Economy and Social Groups -- 6.3. Domination, Authority, and Political Groups -- 6.4. The Legal Order -- 6.5. Urban Communities -- 6.6. Religious Groups and Roles -- 6.7. The Cultural Order: Music -- Chapter 7 Economic Ethics of the World Religions -- 7.1. Religious Orientation to the World -- 7.2. Chinese Patrimonialism and Confucian Traditionalism -- 7.3. Indian Caste and Hindu Traditionalism -- 7.4. Ancient Palestine and a Prophetic Code -- Chapter 8 Sociology and Political Domination -- 8.1. Basic Concepts of Sociology -- 8.2. Stratification, Domination, and the State -- 8.3. Parliamentary Politics and the Bourgeoisie -- 8.4. The Scientist and Social Policy -- Chapter 9 Economy, Society, and Capitalist Development -- 9.1. Economic Sociology -- 9.2. Development of Western Capitalism -- 9.3. The Material Side of the Capitalist Spirit -- Chapter 10 Weber's Legacy -- Appendix 1: Conspectus of Weber's Works in English -- Abbreviations.
Appendix 2: Sources and Further Reading -- Chapters 1 and 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Appendix 3. Collected Works in German -- Index.
Summary: This introductory text provides an authoritative guide to the key ideas of Max Weber, charting the development of his ideas and placing them in context of his life and times, offering a primer that will form the basis of further, more detailed, reading.
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Front Cover -- The Emerald Guide to Max Weber -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Weber in Context -- Chapter 2 Weber: Life, Career, and Politics -- Chapter 3 Studies in Property, Finance, and Class -- 3.1. Roman Agriculture and Medieval Trade -- 3.2. Agricultural Workers in Eastern Germany -- 3.3. The Stock and Commodity Exchange -- Chapter 4 A Methodology for the Social Sciences -- 4.1. Sociology and Social Science -- 4.2. Social Policy and Cultural Values -- 4.3. A Critique of Historical Economics -- 4.4. Theory and Concept Formation -- 4.5. Interpretive Sociology -- Chapter 5 Religion, Spirit, and Modern Capitalism -- 5.1. The Capitalist Spirit and Capitalist Activity -- 5.2. Origins of the Protestant Ethic -- 5.3. Emergence of the Capitalist Spirit -- 5.4. The Ensuing Debate -- Chapter 6 Comparative and Historical Explorations -- 6.1. The Historical and Comparative Basis -- 6.2. The Economy and Social Groups -- 6.3. Domination, Authority, and Political Groups -- 6.4. The Legal Order -- 6.5. Urban Communities -- 6.6. Religious Groups and Roles -- 6.7. The Cultural Order: Music -- Chapter 7 Economic Ethics of the World Religions -- 7.1. Religious Orientation to the World -- 7.2. Chinese Patrimonialism and Confucian Traditionalism -- 7.3. Indian Caste and Hindu Traditionalism -- 7.4. Ancient Palestine and a Prophetic Code -- Chapter 8 Sociology and Political Domination -- 8.1. Basic Concepts of Sociology -- 8.2. Stratification, Domination, and the State -- 8.3. Parliamentary Politics and the Bourgeoisie -- 8.4. The Scientist and Social Policy -- Chapter 9 Economy, Society, and Capitalist Development -- 9.1. Economic Sociology -- 9.2. Development of Western Capitalism -- 9.3. The Material Side of the Capitalist Spirit -- Chapter 10 Weber's Legacy -- Appendix 1: Conspectus of Weber's Works in English -- Abbreviations.

Appendix 2: Sources and Further Reading -- Chapters 1 and 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Appendix 3. Collected Works in German -- Index.

This introductory text provides an authoritative guide to the key ideas of Max Weber, charting the development of his ideas and placing them in context of his life and times, offering a primer that will form the basis of further, more detailed, reading.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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