Max Weber is one of the most important modern social theorists. Using his work as a point of departure, The Oxford Handbook of Max Weber investigates the Weberian legacy today, identifying the enduring problems and themes associated with his thought that have contemporary significance, especially modern globalized capitalism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviated Titles for Max Weber's Texts
- Chronology of Max Weber's Life
- Introduction
- 1. Introduction
- Edith Hanke, Lawrence Scaff, and Sam Whimster
- Part I. The Economy: Capitalism in a Globalized World
- 2. Economics and Society and the Fate of Liberal Capitalism
- Sam Whimster
- 3. Max Weber's Analysis of Capitalism
- Hinnerk Bruhns
- 4. Money, Credit, and Finance in Capitalism
- Geoffrey Ingham
- 5. Law and the Development of Capitalism
- Laura R. Ford
- 6. Is there a Future for Bourgeois Liberalism
- Robert J. Antonio
- Part II. Society and Social Structure
- 7. Contemporary Capitalism and The Distribution of Power in Society
- John Scott
- 8. Weberian Social Theory: Rationalization in a Globalized World
- Ralph Schroeder
- 9. Max Weber, Civil Society, and Partisanship
- Sung Ho Kim
- 10. Nation, Nation-State, and Nationalism
- John Breuilly
- 11. The Weberian City, Civil Society, and Turkish Social Thought
- Lütfi Sunar
- Part III: Politics and the State
- 12. The Modern State and its Monopoly on Violence
- Andreas Anter
- 13. The Relevance of Weber's Conception and Typology of Herrschaft
- Stefan Breuer
- 14. The Supra-National Dimension in Max Weber's Vision of Politics
- Kari Palonen
- 15. Plebiscitary Politics and the Threats to Legality
- Claudius Härpfer
- 16. Politics and Ethics, and the Ethic of Politics
- Hans Henrik Bruun
- Part IV: Religion
- 17. Max Weber's Ethics for the Modern World
- Peter Ghosh
- 18. Max Weber and the Late Modernization of Catholicism
- Rosario Forlenza and Bryan Turner
- 19. The "Disenchantment of the World" or Why We Can No Longer Use the Formula As Max Weber Might Have Intended
- Kenichi Mishima
- 20. Weber's China: Confucianism and Vernacular
- Scott Lash
- 21. Class, Caste, and Social Stratification in India: Weberian Legacy
- Hira Singh
- 22. Including Islam
- Stefan Leder
- 23. The Study of Ancient Israel and its Relevance for Contemporary Politics
- Eduardo Weisz
- Part V: Culture
- 24. The Rationalizations of Culture and Their Directions
- Thomas Kemple
- 25. Max Weber and the Sociology of Music
- Brandon Konoval
- 26. Contemporary Life Conduct and Existential Cultures
- Barbara Thériault
- 27. From Occidental Rationalism to Multiple Modernities
- Johann P. Arnason
- 28. Max Weber and the Idea of the Occident
- Joshua Derman
- Part VI: Science and Knowledge
- 29. Intellectuals, Scholars, and the Value of Science
- Gangolf Hübinger
- 30. The Iron Cage in the Information Age
- Jos C. N. Raadschelders
- 31. Causation, Value Judgments, Verstehen
- Stephen P. Turner
- 32. Realism and Reality in Max Weber
- Sérgio da Mata