Sociology Max Weber V 3 (Hardcover, New edition)

Freund begins his exposition by explaining Weber's opposition to a historical sociology in the style of Durkheim, and also to a grand synthesis in the style of Marx. He outlines Weber's concept of "rationalization" as the key to understanding Western civilization, and moves on to a comprehensive discussion of methodological issues, with a separate section on "interpretation." Freund makes much of one aspect which he seems to view as a Kantian revolution in social science: Weber's commitment to pluralistic analyses and heuristic logical constructs, instead of a futile effort to "reproduce reality." The special sociologies of economics, religion, politics, law and art are outlined. Freund's exposition is ideal for beginners, since he takes pains to explain the elementary: e.g. that ideal types aren't ethical goals. However, he is sometimes opaque, as on the topic of causality. Another pedagogical merit is Freund's avoidance of "personal" interpretation. But he might have explicated briefly his differences with Gerth and Mills, whose commentary is widely read; and he fails to justify his departure from Parsons' translation of Handeln as "action," not "behavior"...an important issue, as these things go. The study remains generally clear, interesting and valuable. (Kirkus Reviews)

A volume in a set of monographs which present a broad and comprehensive consideration of European views on Weber's relevance to twentieth century sociology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	J. Freund
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-17454-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
LSN:	0-415-17454-6
Barcode:	9780415174541

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