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Max Weber - A Skeleton Key (Paperback)
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Max Weber - A Skeleton Key (Paperback)
Series: The Masters of Sociological Theory
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A concise overview of sociology's greatest classic thinker. Weber
emerges as a multisided intellectual personality, whose
intellectual ambivalence is related to a neurotic breakdown in mid
career and to the compromises he was forced to make among the
conflicting politievanscal and intellectual currents of his time.
Here we see what kinds of philosophical idealism Weber favored and
what kinds he rejected, as well as his position on the "battle of
methods" among the economists of his day. Weber's famous
"Protestant Ethic" thesis is put in proper perspective as an
intellectual gambit in one particular period of his life, rather
than as his central achievement. Weber's overall view of social
change is examined, drawing on several of his crucial but
little-known works, on the sociology of ancient agrarian societies
and on the long chain of organizational conditions that finally led
to modern capitalism. Also treated are Weber's major works on the
sociology of religion and his contributions to systematic theory,
especially social stratification. The many strands of Weber's
theorizing, and his tremendous scope of comparisons across world
history, are here brought into a clear and manageable focus.
"Randall Collins is the leading sociological theorist of his
generation. He has also done more than anyone else to use and
develop Weberian sociology. Accordingly we expect much from Collins
on Weber and Max Weber does not disappoint." --Whitney Pope,
Indiana University "A lively, efficient, reliable interpretation,
captivating for the novice, provocative for the expert. . . .
Typical Collins." --Alan Sica, University of Kansas "A good
introductory survey of Weber's major writings. It is interesting
reading and highly informative." --Contemporary Sociology "A good
capsule biography . . . very readable . . . honors clarity, style,
and the value of popular understanding." --The Madison Independent
Books in Review "Ideal for an introductory course on Weber."
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