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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... kind of person ; the mother , on the other 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 ...
... kind of problem he had started to investigate a few years earlier in The Protestant Ethic , namely how religion and economic life affect each other , with special emphasis on economic rationality . Weber completed three volumes be- fore ...
... kind of external and purposive aspiration — i.e . , conscious , well- planned behavior with respect to nature and humans — that is compelled by those needs , which re- quire external means for their satisfaction , regardless of whether ...
... kind of capitalism existed , more precisely one that was centered on politics rather than the market : " Ancient capitalism was shaped by political forces . It was , one might say , only indirectly economic in character , for the ...
... kind has ever been written , not even as a precursor.71 By the summer of 1914 Weber felt that his contribution was more or less fin- ished and could soon be sent off to the printer . World War I , however , broke out in August 1914 ...
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 |