Understanding Weber

• Main Author: Whimster, Sam, 1947-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
• Subjects: Weber, Max, > 1864-1920 > Criticism and interpretation.; Sociology.; Economics.; Religion and sociology.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. > Anthropology; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

This book provides direct access to the central debates in Weber?s writings; locating them in the golden era of social and cultural sciences, and offers a new interpretation of the dynamic of his career as historian, social-economist, and sociologist.

Table of Contents:

• Weber before Weberian sociology, revisited
• Capitalism in contemporary debates : Sombart, Weber and Simmel
• The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism
• 'Wissenschaftslehre'
• The reluctant sociologist : from the Protestant ethic to the Grundriss der Sozialökonomik
• The sociology of religion
• Going beyond Weber
• Power, legitimacy, and democracy
• Sociological categories and the types of economic activity : a final account.