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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818116603321

Autore

Weber Max <1864-1920., >

Titolo

From Max Weber : essays in sociology / / translated, edited, with an introduction by H.H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills ; with a new preface by Bryan S. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-138-16904-8

0-415-06056-7

1-283-97000-7

0-203-45219-4

1-136-61123-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 490 pages)

Collana

Routledge classics in sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

GerthHans Heinrich <1908-1979.>

MillsC. Wright <1916-1962.> (Charles Wright)

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A biographical view -- Political concerns -- Intellectual orientations -- Politics as a vocation -- Science as a vocation -- Structures of power -- Class, status party -- Bureaucracy -- The sociology of charismatic authority -- The meaning of discipline -- The social psychology of the world religions -- The protestant sects and the spirit of capitalism -- Religious rejections of the world and their directions -- Capitalism and rural society in Germany -- National character and the junkers -- India : the Brahman and the castes -- The Chinese literati.

Sommario/riassunto

Max Weber (1864-1920) was one of the most prolific and influential sociologists of the twentieth century. This classic collection draws together his key papers. This edition contains a new preface by Professor Bryan S. Turner.