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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... Political Science 28 ( 1984 ) : 739-77 ; and Louis Putterman , " The Economics of the Firm : Overview , " pp . 1-29 ... Politics and Society 16 ( 1988 ) : 387-401 ; and Steven N. S. Cheung , " On the New In- stitutional Economics ...
... 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 , commissioned by the ...
... Political Economy ) ( 1st ed . 1882 ; 4th ed . 1896-98 ) . The project entailed a huge investment of work from Weber's side , and he hesitated for a long time before he accepted . Once Weber had said yes , however , he threw himself ...
... Politics as a Vocation , " first presented as a lecture in 1919. Some interesting political re- flections can also be found in Weber's inaugural lecture at Freiburg . World War I led to a change in financial circumstances for Weber and ...
... Political Economy Using the Historical Method.18 Roscher attacked the view that economics was only about egoism and making profits , and he recommended , in its stead , a type of historical - empirical economics . " Our aim , " he ...
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 |