{"product_id":"max-weber-9780631214892","title":"Max Weber","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique volume gathers Weber''s writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniqueness of the West, to the character of the family and race relations, to the role of science and the fate of ethical action in the modern world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eGathers Weber's writings in a comprehensive collection, organized by topic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejuvenates a central, pivotal theme of Weberian thought: How do we live? and How \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e we live in the industrial society?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConnects Weber's writings to contemporary issues through modern essays and editorial introductions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Having established himself as a leading Weber scholar and translator, Stephen Kalberg shows that he is an editor of vision and sensibility. He presents the full range of Weber's writing in a way that indicates Weber's grasp of all aspects of social reality and the enduring value of his analysis.\"\u003cb\u003e Jack Barbalet\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Leicester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Editor's Foreword. \u003cp\u003eA Chronology of Max Weber's Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Max Weber: the Confrontation with Modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Weber: the Person \/ Foundational Features of Weber's \"Interpretive Understanding\" \/ Sociology: its Aim and the Centrality of Subjective Meaning, the Four Types of Social Action, and Value-Freedom and Value-Relevance \/ Research Strategies and Procedures: Ideal Types, Model-Building, Societal Domains, and the \"Locating\" of Social Action \/ The Vision of \"Society\": Ideal Types, Societal Domains, Open Models, and the Interweaving of Past and Present \/ Weber's Multicausality: Social Carriers and Values \/ Modern Western Rationalism I: Weber's Model \/ Modern Western Rationalism II: Empirical Variation \/ Fears About the Future and Proposals for Social Change \/ Weber on Modernity and Weber's Sociology: An Assessment \/ A Note on Weber's Mode of Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: The Uniqueness of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The \"Rationalism\" of Western Civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: The Uniqueness and Origins of the Modern Western Work Ethic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Religious Origins of the Vocational Calling: \u003ci\u003eThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Continuous Ethical Discipline: \u003ci\u003eThe Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Economy and the Specialized Nature of Work in the Modern Epoch.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Market and Planned Economies: Modern Capitalism's Substantive Conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Separation of the Worker from the Means of Production, the Spread of Officialdom, and Organizational Discipline in the Factory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The \"Cultivated Man\" and the \"Specialist\": Certificates and the Origin of Ideas in Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Old and New Civilizations: Contrasting Rural Social Structures in Germany and.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Stratification and Inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \"The Distribution of Power Within the Group: Class, Status, Party\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Germany as a Nation of Commoners: \"National Character and the Junkers\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Counterbalancing of Economic and Social Inequality by Universal Suffrage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Authority in the Modern Epoch: the Bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Power and Authority: When and Why Do People Obey?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Bureaucracy I: Formal Rationality, External Structure, Ethos, and Inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Bureaucracy II: the Impact Upon Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Past and Present: Charismatic Authority and its Routinization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: The Nation, the Modern State, and Modern Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Nation: A Sentiment of Solidarity and the \"National\" Idea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The State, its Basic Functions, and the Economic Foundations of Imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 From Particularistic Law to Formal Legal Equality and the Rights of Individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VII: The Circumscription of Ethical Action Today and Weber's Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Antagonism of the Economy and Political Domains to Ethical Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 A \"Casing of Bondage\" and the Rule of Functionaries: the Call for Political Leadership, Strong Parliaments, and an Ethic of Responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VIII: The Political Culture of American Democracy: The Influence of the \"Sect Spirit\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Autonomy of the Individual in the Sect and the Capacity to Form Democratic Communities: Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IX: On \"Race,\" the Complexity of the Concept of Ethnicity, and Heredity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 On \"Race\" Membership, Common Ethnicity, and the \"Ethnic Group\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart X: The Meaning, Value and Ethical Neutrality of Science: \"Science as a Vocation\" and Other Writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Meaning and Value of Science: Disenchantment, \"Progress,\" and Civilized Man's Meaninglessness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Ethical Neutrality in the Classroom and the Usefulness and Limits of an Empirical Science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Opposition of Salvation Religions to Science and Modern Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI: Modern\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eReadings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Private Authority and Work Habits: England and Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReinhard Bendix.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Data Protection Act: A Case of Rationalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Albrow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The McDonaldization of Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Ritzer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Hitler's Charisma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuciano Cavalli.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Routinization of Charisma: Rituals of Confession within Communities of Virtuosi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans-Georg Riegl.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Political Culture of American Democracy: The Enduring Influence of Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeymour\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Lipset.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403426832727,"sku":"9780631214892","price":98.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631214892.jpg?v=1730483439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/max-weber-9780631214892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}