Max Weber

Max Weber's Economy and Society is the greatest sociological treatise written in this century. Published posthumously in Germany in the early 1920's, it has become a constitutive part of the modern sociological imagination. Economy and Society was the first strictly empirical comparison of social structures and normative orders in world-historical depth, containing the famous chapters on social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and the political community with its dimensions of class, status and power. Economy and Status is Weber's only major treatise for an educated general public. It was meant to be a broad introduction, but in its own way it is the most demanding textbook yet written by a sociologist. The precision of its definitions, the complexity of its typologies and the wealth of its historical content make the work a continuos challenge at several levels of comprehension: for the advanced undergraduate who gropes for his sense of society, for the graduate student who must develop his own analytical skills, and for the scholar who must match wits with Weber. When the long-awaited first complete English edition of Economy and Society was published in 1968, Arthur Stinchcombe wrote in the American Journal of Sociology: "My answer to the question of whether people should still start their sociological intellectual biographies with Economy and Society is yes." Reinhard Bendix noted in the American Sociological Review that the "publication of a compete English edition of Weber's most systematic work [represents] the culmination of a cultural transmission to the American setting...It will be a study-guide and compendium for years to come for all those interested in historical sociology and comparative study." In a lengthy introduction, Guenther Roth traces the intellectual prehistory of Economy and Society, the gradual emergence of its dominant themes and the nature of its internal logic. Mr. Roth is a Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Mr. Wittich heads an economic research group at the United Nations.

An Outline of Interpretive Sociology

Economy and Society

David S. Owen

Originally published separately, Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation' stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the ultimate justification for such claims. Together in this volume, these newly translated lectures offer an ideal point of entry into Weber's central project: understanding how, as Weber put it, "in the West alone there have appeared cultural manifestations [that seem to] go in the direction of universal significance and validity."

The Vocation Lectures

In The Sociology of Religion, first published in the United States in 1963, Max Weber looks at the significant role religion has played in social change throughout history. The book was a formative text of the new discipline of sociology and has gone on to become a classic in the social sciences.

The Sociology of Religion

الأخلاق البروتستانتية وروح الرأسمالية

C. Wright Mills

H.H. Gerth

Essays in Sociology

From Max Weber

An Outline of Interpretive Sociology. Voume Two

Protestan ahlakı ve kapitalizmin ruhu

al- Usus al-ʿaqlānīya wa-'s-sūsyūlūǧīya li-'l-mūsīqā

A ética protestante e o "espírito" do capitalismo, ensaio clássico de Max Weber (1864-1920) sobre a ética puritana e a cultura capitalista moderna, foi publicado nos anos de 1904 e 1905, na revista alemã Archiv fur Sozialwissenschaft. Uma segunda versão apareceria em 1920, ampliada e revista pelo próprio autor, que adicionou passagens ao ensaio, aprimorou conceitos e formulou outros - como os de desencantamento do mundo e ação racional -, fez ajustes terminológicos e incluiu numerosas notas de rodapé. Esta edição reúne num só texto as duas versões do livro de Weber: o ensaio original de 1904 e os acréscimos de 1920. A identidade dos dois textos é preservada: as passagens da segunda versão são destacadas entre colchetes, permitindo uma nova leitura àqueles que já conhecem o estudo e uma leitura completa aos que têm o primeiro contato com ele. A nova tradução (feita do alemão), promove, assim, a retomada crítica da versão original ao aliá-la à versão definitiva, feita na plena maturidade intelectual e pessoal do autor. O estudo analisa a gênese da cultura capitalista moderna e sua relação com a religiosidade puritana adotada por igrejas e seitas protestantes dos séculos XVI e XVII: a partir de observações estatísticas, Weber constatou que os protestantes de sua época eram, de um modo geral, mais bem-sucedidos nos negócios do que os católicos. Os últimos ajustes ao estudo foram feitos no ano da morte do autor, quando o texto passou a fazer parte dos Ensaios reunidos de sociologia da religião. Antônio Flávio Pierucci, professor do departamento de sociologia da USP que há doze anos se dedica ao estudo da obra de Weber, é o autor da introdução ao volume, responsável pela edição e pelo acompanhamento técnico do texto traduzido. Elaborou também um glossário, uma tábua de correspondência vocabular, uma cronologia da vida e da obra de Weber e um farto índice remissivo.

A ética protestante e o "espírito" do capitalismo

Standardwerk - Soziologie - Wirtschaftssoziologie - Geschichte - Geschichtstheorie - Kulturwissenschaft - Gesellschaftstheorie - Wissenschaftsgeschichte - Politikwissenschaft - Wissenschaftstheorie.

Grundriss der verstehenden Soziologie ; zwei Teile in einem Band

Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

Protestan Ahlaki ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Religion of China

Politiek als beroep, voorafgegaan door Wetenschap als beroep

Les Catégories de la sociologie

Economie et société, tome 1 

El Politico Y El Cientifico/ The Politician and the Scientist (Ciencias Sociales / Social Sciences)

A Selection of Texts

Max Weber on Capitalism, Bureaucracy, and Religion

بنیان‌های عقلانی و اجتماعی موسیقی

Bürokrasi ve Otorite

Max Weber

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