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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459067303321

Autore

Holton R. J.

Titolo

Max Weber on economy and society / / Robert J. Holton and Bryan S. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1989

ISBN

1-136-83070-7

1-283-24206-0

9786613242068

0-203-83163-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnerBryan S

Disciplina

301/.0943

Soggetti

Sociology - Germany - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1989 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: SOCIOLOGY, INDIVIDUALISM, AND LIBERALISM; CHAPTER TWO: MAX WEBER, AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS, AND THE NEW RIGHT; CHAPTER THREE: MODERNISM, POST-MODERNISM, AND WORLD RELIGIONS: SOME ISSUES IN MAX WEBER'S SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION; CHAPTER FOUR: ON LAW, MORALITY, AND MODERN SOCIETY: THE RATIONALIZATION PROCESS; CHAPTER FIVE: STATUS POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM; CHAPTER SIX: HAS CLASS ANALYSIS A FUTURE? MAX WEBER AND THE CHALLENGE OF LIBERALISM TO GEMEINSCHAFTLICH ACCOUNTS OF CLASS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1989, this re-issue concerns itself with the relevance of Max Weber's sociology for the understanding of modern times. The book outlines key tenets of Weber's sociology and points to the valuable legacy of Weber's thought in contemporary intellectual debate, particularly with regard to secularization and rationalization of global cultures, the crisis of Marxism, the rise of the New Right and the emergence of post-modernism. This book offers an authoritative and insightful study which brings to light, not only the contemporary relevance of Weber's social theory, but also offe