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Max Weber (1864-1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber's work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society. Complicated by the reception history precipitated by his untimely death, the workings of the economy and capitalism are themes that run throughout his writings but are often overlooked or subordinated to his sociology.
In an attempt to restore Weber's place in the history of economics and to relate his approach to social science to the field today, a distinguished group of Weberian scholars explore the life and works of Max Weber, his interest in economic institutions and forms and his most influential analytical concepts.
Contents
Introduction: Max Weber's sociological thought on the economy
Andrea Maurer
Part I Weber's sociology
1. Max Weber: an academic life
Keith Tribe
2. The Sociology of Max Weber: background, foundation and perspectives on the economy
Andrea Maurer
3. Weber's contribution to social science methodology and empirical social research
Alexander Betz and Stefanie Eifler
Part II A sociological perspective on capitalism
4. Weber's historical studies on economic forms and institutions
Hinnerk Bruhns
5. The ethical systems of religions and the transformation of capitalism
Christian Etzrodt
6. Max Weber's social economics and the case of central banks
Sam Whimster
Part III Central analytical concepts and their current use
7. Rulership and its organization: nuanced organizational concepts in Weber's thought
Robert Jungmann
8. Max Weber and the "bodenständige" life conduct: Views on a German town
Barbara Thériault
9. Statecraft, soulcraft and money-craft: Max Weber's genealogy of Homo economicus
Sung Ho Kim
