Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building

by Weber, Max

• ISBN13: 9780226877242
• ISBN10: 0226877248
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1968-12-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

This selection from Max Weber's writings presents his variegated work from one central focus, the relationship between charisma on the one hand, and the process of institution building in the major fields of the social order such as politics, law, economy, and culture and religion on the other. That the concept of charisma is crucially important for understanding the processes of institution building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication of this relationship is perhaps the most important challenge which Weber's work poses for modern sociology. Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building is a volume in "The Heritage of Sociology," a series edited by Morris Janowitz. Other volumes deal with the writings of George Herbert Mead, William F. Ogburn, Louis Wirth, W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, and the Scottish Moralists--Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, and others.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Charisma and the Structure of Social Relations

General Definitions of Social Action and Social Relationship

The Concept of Legitimate Order

The Sociology of Charismatic Authority

Meaning of Discipline

Charisma and Institutionalization in the Political Sphere

The Pure Types of Legitimate Authority

The Nature of Charismatic Authority and Its Routinization

Bureaucracy

Charisma and Institutionalization in the Legal System

Formal and Substantive Rationalization in the Law--Sacred Laws

Natural Law 10. Modern Law

Charisma and Institutionalization in the Economic Sphere

Premodern Capitalism

Modern Capitalism

Charisma and Institutionalization in the Sphere of Social Stratification

Weber's Basic Concepts of Stratification

Caste Stratification--The Case of India

Social Stratification and Class Structure in Modern Society

The Prussian Junkers

The City as a Focus of Charismatic Institutionalization

General Characteristics of the City

The Concept of Citizenship

Charisma and Institutionalization in the Sphere of Religion and Culture

The Prophet

The Different Roads to Salvation

Asceticism, Mysticism, and Salvation Religion

Castes, Estates, Classes, and Religion

Science as a Vocation

Bibliography

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