Max Weber: An Introduction to His Life and Work

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University of Chicago Press, 1988 - 287 pages
Max Weber: An Introduction to His Life and Work has established itself as the standard short introduction in German to the work of Max Weber, and appears here for the first time in English translation. Sociologist Dirk Käsler has a profound sense of Weber's writings, yet manages to make Weber's ideas accessible to the beginner.

Käsler offers a comprehensive account of Weber's views, giving attention both to the context in which Weber produced his most significant contributions to social science, and to the changes involved in his work over the course of his career. This volume also serves as an introduction to the controversies that Weber's writings have stimulated, from the time of their first appearance to the present day.

This book will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with Max Weber and will undoubtedly become the leading student text on Weber in the English-speaking world.
 

Table des matières

1 Life
1
2 Early Writings
24
3 Social change in German society
51
4 The sociology of religion
74
5 Economy and Society
142
6 Methodological writings
174
7 The reception of Webers work during his lifetime
197
8 Webers importance for sociology today and in the future
211
Notes
217
Bibliography
235
Index
277
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