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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... hand , detested frivolity and devoted herself wholeheartedly to her family , her religious duties , and to helping the poor . As a boy , Weber was precocious in many ways . He read avidly in literature , history , and philosophy at an ...
... hand — also economic history and what he called " economic sociology " ( Wirtschaftssoziolo- gie ) . The main idea , in other words , was not to produce a new interdisciplinary type of economics but to use several different disciplines ...
... hand . According to the same source , the student of economics 27 Max Weber , " The Social Causes of the Decay of Ancient Civilization , " Journal of General Ed- ucation 5 ( 1949-51 ) : 75-88 ( reproduced in this volume as reading 10 ) ...
... hand , he devoted a great part of his energy to creating a scientific sociology . It is true that some of Weber's most famous writings from 1903 to 1909 — such as his essays in methodology and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of ...
... hand , are phenomena that are not economic in themselves , but which " have consequences which are of interest from the economic point of view . " 47 If a certain aspect of religious be- havior affects economic behavior , for example ...
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 |