Description
Originally published by RKP in 1948, this is an acknowledged classic sociological text
An established old favourite on student reading lists
A new preface by Bryan S. Turner - a leading Weber scholar, and contemporary sociologist; he has written Equality (Routledge, 1986, Key Ideas series) and Max Weber on Economy and Society, with Robert Holton (Routledge, 1989)
Turner was Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia for ten years, he was Professor of Sociology in Utrecht, Holland for two years, visiting Professor at Beilefeld, West Germany for one year and is currently Professor of Sociology at Essex University
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION INTRODUCTION: THE MAN AND HIS WORK 1. A Biographical View 2. Political Concerns 3. Intellectual Orientations PART I: SCIENCE AND POLITICS 4. Politics as a Vocation 5. Science as a Vocation PART 2: POWER 6. Structures of Power 7. Class, Status Party 8. Bureaucracy 9. The sociology of Charismatic Authority 10.The Meaning of Discipline PART 3: RELIGION 11. The Social Psychology of the World Religions 12. The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism 13. Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions PART 4: SOCIAL STRUCTURES 4. Capitalism and Rural Society in Germany 15. National Character and the Junkers 16. India: The Brahman and the Castes 17. The Chinese Literati
