In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David
d'Avray writes a new comparative history in the spirit of Max
Weber. In a strikingly original reassessment of seminal Weberian
ideas, d'Avray applies value rationality to the comparative history
of religion and the philosophy of law. Integrating theories of
rational choice, anthropological reflections on relativism, and the
recent philosophy of rationality with Weber's conceptual framework,
d'Avray seeks to disengage 'rationalisation' from its enduring
association with Western 'modernity'. This mode of analysis is
contextualised through the examples of Buddhism, Imperial China and
sixteenth-century Catholicism - in the latter case building upon
unpublished archival research. This ambitious synthesis of social
theory and comparative history will engage social scientists and
historians from advanced undergraduate level upwards, stimulating
interdisciplinary discourse, and making a significant contribution
to the methodology of history. D'Avray explores the potential of
this new Weberian analysis further in his companion volume,
Medieval Religious Rationalities.
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