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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... Utility Analysis and “ The Fundamental Law of Psychophysics " 249 GLOSSARY Key Concepts in Weber's Economic Sociology 261 A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO WEBER'S ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY 287 INDEX 303 NOTE OF ON THE TEXTS THE READINGS THE READINGS ...
... utility theory . Another is " Objectivity ' in Social Science and Social Policy " ( 1904 ) , a programmatic article for a social science journal of which Weber was one of the editors . The journal , the Archiv fur Sozialwissenschaft und ...
... utility but then argues that when you go from " the theoret- ical price " to " the empirical price , " you have to take a number of other factors into account . These latter include imperfections in the market , the historical for ...
... utility theory does not rest on a psychological foundation . Ideal types , according to Weber , represent an important tool in all the social sci- ences and are produced through an " analytical accentuation of certain elements of ...
... Utility Theory and " The Fun- damental Law of Psychophysics , " which is interesting in that it is the only work by Weber that economists view as a distinct contribution to economic theory.51 George Stigler , for example , refers ...
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 |