Essays in Economic SociologyPrinceton University Press, 1999 M09 5 - 314 pages The 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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... become a deputy in the German parliament , the Reichstag , which led the family to move to Berlin in 1869. Weber's mother , Helene Fallenstein - Weber , was intensely religious and came from a wealthy Huguenot background . The two ...
... become involved in a political organization that carried out social science research and to which many prominent econo- mists belonged , the Verein für Sozialpolitik ( Association for Social Policy ) . In 1892 Weber published a study ...
... become an economist because economics appeared to him , in contrast to law , as a young and flexible science , with direct links to philosophy , the history of ideas , and the history of culture . At one point in his study of ...
... become cen- tral to his economic sociology of 1919-1920 , such as " economic action " ( Wirtschaften ) , " power of control and disposal " ( Verfugungsgewalt ) , and " op- portunity " ( Chance ) . At this stage , however , these ...
... become accustomed to a different and cheaper diet over the centuries . And , finally , there is the role that struggle ( Kampf ) plays in the econ- omy . Here , too , Weber uses the example of German agricultural workers versus Polish ...
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 |