Max Weber's Economy And Society

by Camic, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780804747172
• ISBN10: 0804747172
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-24
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

Max Weber'sEconomy and Societyis widely considered the most important single work in sociology and among the most important in the history of the social sciences. This volume provides a critical and up-to-date introduction to Weber's magnum opus. While much has been published about the various parts ofEconomy and Society, this is the first book to cover all of its major sections and themes, as well as to discuss the methodological vision that unites them. InMax Weber's Economy and Society, a distinguished group of scholars illuminates the central arguments ofEconomy and Societyand appraises their contemporary relevance for the analysis of the economy, the polity, law, religion, and social action. With essays that are both theoretical and empirical, this book will be of interest to those already familiar with Weber's work and to those encountering it for the first time.

Author Biography

Charles Camic is Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology, Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology, and David M. Trubek is Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction
CHARLES CAMIC, PHILIP S. GORSKI, AND DAVID M. TRUBEK	1	(30)
Part I. Contextual and Textual Background
1. Max Weber, Scion of the Cosmopolitan Bourgeoisie: Historical Context and Present-Day Relevance
GUENTHER ROTH	31	(16)
2. Economy and Society and the Revision of Weber's Ethics
HARVEY GOLDMAN	47	(23)
3. Max Weber's "Grand Sociology": The Origins and Composition of Wirtschaft and Gesellschaft. Soziologie
WOLFGANG J. MOMMSEN	70	(31)
Part II. The Textual Core
4. The Continuing Challenge of Weber's Theory of Rational Action
DONALD N. LEVINE	101	(26)
5. Max Weber's Economic Sociology: The Centerpiece of Economy and Society?
RICHARD SWEDBERG	127	(16)
6. Democracy, Domination, and Legitimacy in Max Weber's Political Thought
REGINA F. TITUNIK	143	(21)
7. Religious Communities and the Path to Disenchantment: The Origins, Sources, and Theoretical Core of the Religion Section
HANS G. KIPPENBERG	164	(21)
Part III. Critical Perspectives
8. Beyond Weberian Action Theory
MUSTAFA EMIRBAYER	185	(19)
9. The Shadow of Exploitation in Weber's Class Analysis
ERIK OLIN WRIGHT	204	(33)
10. The Rule of the Father: Patriarchy and Patrimonialism in Early Modern Europe
JULIA ADAMS	237	(30)
11. The Protestant Ethic and the Bureaucratic Revolution: Ascetic Protestantism and Administrative Rationalization in Early Modern Europe
PHILIP S. GORSKI	267	(30)
12. Weber and the Sociology of Revolution
RANDALL COLLINS	297	(25)
13. The Disenchantment of Logically Formal Legal Rationality: Or, Max Weber's Sociology in the Genealogy of the Contemporary Mode of Western Legal Thought
DUNCAN KENNEDY	322	(44)
14. Max Weber and the Origin of Human Rights: A Study of Cultural Innovation
HANS JOAS	366	(17)
About the Contributors	383	(4)
Index	387