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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... Workers in the Areas East of the River Elbe , which received much praise from economists and agrarian historians . With this study , Weber showed that he could produce works in economics ( as the discipline was conceived in Germany at ...
... workers , The Stock Exchange ( 1894-96 ) , as part of the debate on this sub- ject , which was very lively in Germany at the time . He also continued to do work on the agricultural workers , this time as part of his activities on behalf ...
... workers and their productivity at a textile factory belonging to one of his relatives . And in 1909 he published a book - length study , The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations , which can be characterized as a social and ...
... workers . He also wrote a number of important articles on economic history , some of which are still of general interest . There is , for example , a famous article on the decline of Rome and another on the social and economic history ...
... workers , a few articles on Ger- man agriculture , and some of Weber's writings on the stock exchange contain discussions of contemporary economic problems from a social , as opposed to an economic theory perspective . It is not ...
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 |