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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... phenomena.1 In the rest of this introduction — which has as its main purpose to present and discuss Weber's contribution to economic sociology — I will first give a brief overview of Weber's life and his work in economics . I will then ...
... phenomena . Like most terms , however , " social economics " was used in a variety of meanings , 25 and Weber , as always , had his own defini- tion . More precisely , to Weber Sozialokonomik meant primarily two things : ( 1 ) that ...
... phenomena . Weber's ideas on economic sociology undoubtedly represent his most inno- vative contribution to economics , but he also did some very important work in economic history . He had less talent for economic theory , even though ...
... phenomena , especially to law and the state . " 30 The idea of apply- ing sociology to economic phenomena themselves — that is , economic sociology in a more strict sense - is , however , absent at this point from Weber's thought ; and ...
... phenomena ; and that rather , he saw sociology as being of help in tracing the links between the econ- omy and noneconomic phenomena , such as the state and law . Nor had he de- veloped his own version of sociology , as he would do in ...
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 |