One of the world's pre-eminent Max Weber scholars here presents a comprehensive analysis of Weber's ambiguous stance toward modernity considered from a normative, theoretical, and historical point of view. The book is in two parts. Part I scrutinises Weber's world view. On the basis of his thinking about the meaning and inter-relationships of science, politics, and ethics in the modern era, Weber is seen as the embodiment of a social scientist and political thinker who exposes himself to intellectual risks and (...) existential tensions while resisting final solutions. It includes a masterly analysis of Weber's two famous speeches 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation'. Part II considers Weber's unfinished project on the sociology of religion. Piecing together planned and partially completed works on Islam and Western Christianity, Schluchter locates them in the history and theory of Weber's overall work. This reconstruction of Weber's work on religion emphasises its interplay between religion, economy, politics, and law. (shrink)

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

Como Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, Werner Sombart, Georg Simmel y Vilfredo Pareto et al., Ferdinand Tönnies (1855-1936) perteneció a una generación de académicos que llegaron a ser los padres fundadores de la sociología moderna. Tönnies usó el contractualismo de Hobbes para concebir una concepción prop..

Bd. 1. Studien zu Max Webers Kultur- und Werttheorie -- Bd. 2. Studien zu Max Webers Religions- und Herrschaftssoziologie.

Handeln und Entsagen; Max Weber über Wissenschaft und Politik als Beruf -- Physis und Kultur; Max Weber über Psychophysik -- Zwei Wege von der Nationalökonomie zur Kultursoziologie; Max Weber und Alfred Weber -- Zeitgemässe Unzeitgemässe; Von Friedrich Nietzsche über Georg Simmel zu Max Weber -- Die Entstehung der bürgerlichen Lebensführung; Max Webers Erklärungsmodell -- Ethik und Kapitalismus; Die zwei Thesen Max Webers -- Polytheismus der Werte; Überlegungen im Anschluss an Max Weber -- Individuelle Freiheit und soziale Bindung; Vom Nutzen und (...) Nachteil der Institutionen für. (shrink)