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. |
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... specific kind of external and purposive aspiration — i.e . , conscious , well- planned behavior with respect to nature and humans — that is compelled by those needs , which re- quire external means for their satisfaction , regardless of ...
... specific cultural significance which we at- tribute to the particular event in a given case . ' " 45 Even though Weber , from early on , felt that economics should cover a broad range of phenomena , he had made little effort to explain ...
... Specific Elements Social Relations of the Modern Capitalist Economy of Capitalism and Domestic Social Policy in the Modern State BOOK III : Single Economic Branches of the Capitalist Economy and Domestic Economy Policy in the Modern ...
... specific type of administration answers to each of them . Economic activities are typically played out within the broader context of political domination . There is also the fact that each type of adminis- tration has to be paid for in ...
... According to Weber , it was not so much that the caste system explicitly forbade specific activities that in one way or another could have furthered the emergence of rational capitalism . Indeed , when the interests of 336 INTRODUCTION.
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 |