Max Weber [[electronic resource] ] : readings and commentary on modernity / / edited by Stephen Kalberg

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.092; 301/.092
• Soggetto topico: Sociology - Germany - History; Sociology - History; Civilization, Modern - Philosophy
• Altri autori: WeberMax <1864-1920.> KalbergStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-382) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Max Weber: Readings and Commentary on Modernity; Contents; General Editor's Foreword; Chronology of Max Weber's Life; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Introduction - Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity; Max Weber: The Man; Foundational Features of Weber's Interpretive Understanding Sociology; Research Strategies and Procedures; The Vision of "Society"; Weber's Multicausality; Modern Western Rationalism I: Weber's Model; Modern Western Rationalism II: Empirical Variation; Fears about the Future and Proposals for Social Change; Weber on Modernity and Weber's Sociology: An Assessment; Notes ; PART I THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WESTIntroduction; 1 The "Rationalism" of Western Civilization; From "Prefatory Remarks" to Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion; From The Religion of India; From Economy and Society; PART II THE UNIQUENESS AND ORIGINS OF THE MODERN WESTERN WORK ETHIC; Introduction; 2 The Religious Origins of the Vocational Calling: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; From "Discussion Contributions"; From "On the Psychological Physics of Industrial Work"; 3 Continuous Ethical Discipline ; From "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism"PART III THE ECONOMY, THE WORKPLACE, AND THE SPECIALIZED NATURE OF WORK IN THE MODERN EPOCH; Introduction; 4 Market and Planned Economies: Modern Capitalism's Substantive Conditions; From Economy and Society; 5 The Separation of the Worker from the Means of Production, the Spread of Officialdom, and Organizational Discipline in the Factory; From "Socialism"; From "A Research Strategy for the Study of Occupational Careers and Mobility Patterns"; From Economy and Society ; 6 The "Specialist" and the "Cultivated Man": Certificates and the Origin of Ideas in ScienceFrom Economy and Society; From "Science as a Vocation"; 7 Old and New Civilizations: Contrasting Rural Social Structures in Germany and the United States; From "Capitalism and Rural Society in Germany"; PART IV STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY; Introduction; 8 The Distribution of Power Within the Group: Class, Status, Party; From Economy and Society; 9 Germany as a Nation of Commoners; From "National Character and the Junkers" ; 10 The Counterbalancing of Economic and Social Inequality by Universal SuffrageFrom "Suffrage and Democracy in Germany"; PART V AUTHORITY IN THE MODERN EPOCH; Introduction; 11 Power and Authority: When and Why Do People Obey?; From Economy and Society; 12 The Bureaucracy I: External Form, Technical Superiority, Ethos, and Inequality; From Economy and Society; From "The Social Psychology of the World Religions"; From Economy and Society; 13 The Bureaucracy II: The Impact upon Society; From Economy and Society; 14 Past and Present: Charismatic Authority and its Routinization ; From "The Social Psychology of the World Religions"
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique volume gathers Weber's writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniqueness of the West, to the character of the family and race relations, to the role of science and the fate of ethical action in the modern world. Gathers Weber's writings in a comprehensive collection, organized by topic. Rejuvenates a central, pivotal theme of Weberian thought: ""How do we live?"" and ""How can we live in the industrial society?" Connects Weber's writings to contemporary issues through modern essays a
• Titolo autorizzato: Max Weber
• ISBN: 1-281-31031-X; 9786611310318; 0-470-70149-8; 0-470-77336-7; 0-470-77516-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996203963103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Modernity and society ; ; 3.