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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... sense - is , however , absent at this point from Weber's thought ; and so is his notion that what is distinctive about sociology is the idea of social action , that is , action to which a meaning is attached and which is oriented to the ...
... sense , it is obvious that several of Weber's writings from these years constitute interesting contributions to the field . In particular , the study on agricultural workers , a few articles on Ger- man agriculture , and some of Weber's ...
... sense , such as economic events and economic institutions ; and Weber has little to say about this category except that it includes phenomena " the economic aspects of which constitute their primary cultural significance for us . " 46 ...
... sense of how Weber viewed the development of economic history and especially the emergence of modern capitalism in the West . Weber firmly rejects technologi- cal determinism , and he views what is today known as the Industrial ...
... sense . In 1909-10 Weber produced the first plan for the handbook , according to which he was supposed to write a section entitled " Economy and Society . " This section was to include three topics : " Economy and Law ( 1. Fundamental ...
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 |