Full Description
The purpose of this book is to make Weber's sociological work more accessible and more thematically coherent than it is either in the original or in translation. This volume is used as an introduction to the study of orignal Weber texts and gives the reader a systematic presentation of Weber's sociological studies.
Contents
I. Career and Personal Orientation PART ONE GERMAN SOCIETY AND THE PROTESTANT ETHIC II. Weber's Early Studies and the Definition of His Intellectual Perspective III. Aspects of Economic Rationality in the West PART TWO SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND SECULAR ETHIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CIVILIZATIONS IV. Introduction V. Society and Religion in China VI. Society and Religion in India VII. Society and Religion in Ancient Palestine VIII. Max Weber's Sociology of Religion PART THREE DOMINATION, ORGANIZATION, AND LEGITIMACY: MAX WEBER'S POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IX. Basic Concepts of Political Sociology X. Charismatic Leadership and Domination XI. Traditional Domination XII. Legal Domination: The Emergence of Legal Rationality XIII. Legal Domination (continued): The Modern Sate and Struggle for Power XIV. A Contemporary Perspective XV. Max Weber's Image of Society Index
