Essays in Economic SociologyThe writings of Max Weber (1864-1920) contain one of the most fascinating and sophisticated attempts ever made to create an economic sociology. Economic sociologist and Weber scholar Richard Swedberg has selected the most important of Weber's enormous body of writings on the topic, making these available for the first time in a single volume. The central themes around which the anthology is organized are modern capitalism and its relationships to politics, to law, and to culture and religion; a special section is devoted to theoretical aspects of economic sociology. Swedberg provides a valuable introduction illuminating biographical and intellectual dimensions of Weber's work in economic sociology, as well as a glossary defining key concepts in Weber's work in the field and a bibliographical guide to this corpus. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
... according to Weber , were " Kultur- und Ideengeschichte [ und ] philosophische Probleme . " 6 Mises's caustic comment on Weber's appointment to a chair in economics without any real back- ground in the field is worth citing : " He was ...
... according to his wife , were : " The true is the truth " ( " Das Wahre ist die Wahrheit " ) . 15 After this brief account of Weber's life , it is necessary to take a look at his con- tribution to economics in order to show how he came ...
... According to Schum- peter , all great discoveries are made between twenty and thirty years of age or during " the decade of sacred fertility . " This , however , does not seem to have been the case with Weber , at least when it comes to ...
... according to himself , from Georg Jellinek's suggestion that the modern notion of human rights had come into being as a result of seventeenth - century religious ideas . See Georg Jellinek , The Decla- ration of the Rights of Man and of ...
... according to Weber , represent an important tool in all the social sci- ences and are produced through an " analytical accentuation of certain elements of reality . " 49 Modern economic theory , for example , " offers us an ideal ...
Contents
Modern Capitalism Key Characteristics and Key Institutions | 43 |
The Spirit of Capitalism | 52 |
The Market | 75 |
The Beginnings of the Firm | 80 |
Class Status and Party | 83 |
CAPITALISM LAW AND POLITICS | 97 |
The Three Types of Legitimate Domination | 99 |
The Bureaucratization of Politics and the Economy | 109 |
The Evolution of the Capitalist Spirit | 157 |
The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism | 168 |
Kinship and Capitalism in China | 179 |
The Caste System in India | 185 |
Charity in Ancient Palestine | 189 |
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY | 197 |
Sociological Categories of Economic Action | 199 |
The Area of Economics Economic Theory and the Ideal Type | 242 |
The Rational State and Its Legal System | 116 |
The National State and Economic Policy Freiburg Address | 120 |
The Social Causes of the Decay of Ancient Civilization | 138 |
CAPITALISM CULTURE AND RELIGION | 155 |