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is one of the most important social scientists of the last two
centuries and responsible for extremely important theories such as
the 'protestant ethic' His work is taught in sociology departments
around the world General Economic History is his major work on the
history of capitalism and stands in a line of incredibly
distinguished other big books on capitalism, such as Adam Smith's
The Wealth of Nations and Marx's Capital, to whom Weber is often
compared This Routledge Classics edition includes a new
Introduction by Keith Tribe Weber's Conceptual Preface appears here
for the first time in English, translated by Keith Tribe
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General Economic History
Max Weber; Introduction by Keith Tribe
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Unavailable in an decent, affordable edition for many years Weber
is one of the most important social scientists of the last two
centuries and responsible for extremely important theories such as
the 'protestant ethic' His work is taught in sociology departments
around the world General Economic History is his major work on the
history of capitalism and stands in a line of incredibly
distinguished other big books on capitalism, such as Adam Smith's
The Wealth of Nations and Marx's Capital, to whom Weber is often
compared This Routledge Classics edition includes a new
Introduction by Keith Tribe Weber's Conceptual Preface appears here
for the first time in English, translated by Keith Tribe
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Edited and with a new introduction by Robert J. Antonio and Alan
Sica. Max Weber wrote these methodological essays in the closest
intimacy with actual research and against a background of constant
and intensive meditation on substantive problems in the theory and
strategy of the social sciences. They were written between 1903 and
1917, the most productive of Max Weber's life, when he was working
on his studies in the sociology of religion and Wirtschaft und
Gesellschaft. Weber had done important work in economic and legal
history and had taught economic theory. On the basis of original
investigations, he had acquired a specialist's knowledge of the
details of German economic and social structure. His always vital
concern for the political prosperity of Germany among the nations
thrust him deeply into discussion of political ideals and programs.
Weber's methodology still holds interest for us. Some of its
shortcomings, from the contemporary viewpoint, may be attributed to
the fact that some of the methodological problems that he treated
could not be satisfactorily resolved prior to certain actual
developments in research technique. These few qualifications aside,
the work remains a pioneering work in large scale social research,
from one of the field's masters.
For the first time in 70 years, a new translation of Max Weber's
classic "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" --one
of the seminal works in sociology-- published in September 2001.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian
scholar, and in this new translation he offers a precise and
nuanced rendering that captures both Weber's style and the unusual
subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Weber's original
italicization, highlighting major themes, has been restored, and
Kalberg has standardized Weber's terminology to better facilitate
understanding of the various twists and turns in his complex lines
of reasoning.
Weber's compelling work remains influential for these reasons: it
explores the continuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of
modem capitalism in the West; it helps the reader understand
today's global economic development; and it plumbs the deep
cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and the
workplace in the United States and Europe.
This new edition/translation also includes a glossary; Weber's
1906 essay, "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism";
and Weber's masterful prefatory remarks to his "Collected Essays in
the Sociology of Religion," in which he defines the uniqueness of
Western societies and asks what "ideas and interests" combined to
create modem Western rationalism
Max Weber wrote these methodological essays in the closest intimacy
with actual research and against a background of constant and
intensive meditation on substantive problems in the theory and
strategy of the social sciences. They were written between 1903 and
1917, the most productive of Max Weber's life, when he was working
on his studies in the sociology of religion and Wirtschaft und
Gesellschaft. Weber had done important work in economic and legal
history and had taught economic theory. On the basis of original
investigations, he had acquired a specialist's knowledge of the
details of German economic and social structure. His always vital
concern for the political prosperity of Germany among the nations
thrust him deeply into discussion of political ideals and programs.
Weber's methodology still holds interest for us. Some of its
shortcomings, from the contemporary viewpoint, may be attributed to
the fact that some of the methodological problems that he treated
could not be satisfactorily resolved prior to certain actual
developments in research technique. These few qualifications aside,
the work remains a pioneering work in large scale social research,
from one of the field's masters.
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore.
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 definitive new translation of Max Weber's classic work of
social theory-arguably the most important book by the foremost
social theorist of the twentieth century. Max Weber's Economy and
Society is the foundational text for the social sciences of the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries, presenting a framework for
understanding the relations among individual action, social action,
economic action, and economic institutions. It also provides a
classification of political forms based upon "systems of rule" and
"rulership" that has shaped debate about the nature and role of
charisma, tradition, legal authority, and bureaucracy. Keith
Tribe's major new translation presents Economy and Society as it
stood when Weber died in June 1920, with three complete chapters
and a fragment of a fourth. One of the English-speaking world's
leading experts on Weber's thought, Tribe has produced a uniquely
clear and faithful translation that balances accuracy with
readability. He adds to this a substantial introduction and
commentary that reflect the new Weber scholarship of the past few
decades. This new edition will become the definitive translation of
one of the few indisputably great intellectual works of the past
150 years.
Max Weber (1864-1920) was one of the most prolific and influential
sociologists of the twentieth century. This classic collection
draws together his key papers. This edition contains a new preface
by Professor Bryan S. Turner.
In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties. Based on the original 1905 edition, this volume includes, along with Weber's treatise, an illuminating introduction, a wealth of explanatory notes, and exemplary responses and remarks-both from Weber and his critics-sparked by publication of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This is the first English translation of the 1905 German text and the first volume to include Weber's unexpurgated responses to his critics, which reveal important developments in and clarifications of Weber's argument.
Die Arbeit der umsatzsteuerlichen Unternehmer umfasst nicht nur die
eigene Berufsausubung. Sie umfasst vielmehr auch die Leistung des
Unternehmers, im Dienste und fur Rechnung des Staates als
"Steuereinsammler" zu fungieren, ohne dafur in jedweder Weise
entlohnt zu werden. Der private Unternehmer sollte daher von seinem
staatlichen Dienstherrn ohne viel Aufwand erfahren, wie er seine
Aufgabe planungssicher zu erfullen hat. Gegenstand der vorliegenden
Untersuchung ist daher die Frage, ob die Belastungen des
umsatzsteuerlichen Unternehmers staatlicherseits ausgeglichen
werden mussen, ob das geltende Recht bereits eine taugliche
Ausgleichsregelung bereithalt und sollte dies nicht der Fall sein,
wie eine taugliche Ausgleichsregelung ausgestaltet sein musste.
This selection from Max Weber's writings presents his variegated
work from one central focus, the relationship between charisma on
the one hand, and the process of institution building in the major
fields of the social order such as politics, law, economy, and
culture and religion on the other. That the concept of charisma is
crucially important for understanding the processes of institution
building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication
of this relationship is perhaps the most important challenge which
Weber's work poses for modern sociology.
"Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building" is a volume in
"The Heritage of Sociology," a series edited by Morris Janowitz.
Other volumes deal with the writings of George Herbert Mead,
William F. Ogburn, Louis Wirth, W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, and
the Scottish Moralists--Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, and
others.
For more than 100 years, Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism has set the parameters for the debate over the
origins of modern capitalism. Now more timely and thought provoking
than ever, this esteemed classic of twentieth-century social
science examines the deep cultural "frame of mind" that existed at
the birth of modern capitalism and to this day influences attitudes
toward work in northern America and Western Europe. In this volume,
Stephen Kalberg revises his internationally acclaimed
translation-using shorter sentences and more lucid language-to make
the work even more accessible to students and other readers.
Capturing the essence of Weber's style as well as the subtlety of
his descriptions and causal arguments, this is the only translation
of the revised 1920 edition of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit
of Capitalism published since 1930. To draw readers into the
material, this engaging volume includes extensive introductions by
the editor, a chronology of Weber's life, a glossary, and numerous
clarifying endnotes. Detailed commentaries discuss the
controversies Weber addressed, explain his complex causal argument
by reference to the general contours of his sociology, summarize
the history of "the Protestant Ethic debate," and examine the
significance of "the Protestant Sects" essays. Ideal for courses in
sociology, anthropology, political science, history, international
relations, economics, and cultural studies, The Protestant Ethic
and the Spirit of Capitalism is an essential resource for anyone
seeking to understand the origins and endurance of the modern West.
Im Jahr 1920 begann Max Weber seine auf vier Bände geplanten
Gesammelten Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie zu veröffentlichen.
Den ersten Band leitete er mit einer "Vorbemerkung" für die
gesamte Serie ein und ließ darauf seine überarbeiteten Aufsätze
über die Kulturbedeutung des asketischen Protestantismus folgen,
die ursprünglich in den Jahren 1904 bis 1906 erschienen waren.
Während er den Sektenaufsatz von 1906 von Grund auf umschrieb,
hielt er an dem Text "Die protestantische Ethik und der 'Geist' des
Kapitalismus" von 1904/05 fest, veränderte ihn aber an vielen
Stellen, so dass man 1920 von einer zweiten Fassung sprechen muss.
In der Studienausgabe werden diese drei Texte aus MWG I/18
übernommen. Die Veränderungen, die Weber an der ersten Fassung
seiner Studie von 1904/05 vornahm, sind durch eine besondere
Schrifttype kenntlich gemacht. Zusätzlich bietet die
Studienausgabe sechs Texte aus MWG I/9, die im Zusammenhang mit der
ersten Fassung der Studie von 1904/05 stehen, von Weber aber nicht
in den Band I seiner Gesammelten Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie
aufgenommen wurden. Damit findet der Leser hier zum ersten Mal alle
Texte, die Max Weber zur Kulturbedeutung des asketischen
Protestantismus schrieb, in einem Band versammelt.
2010 Reprint of 1930 First English edition.Considered a founding
text in economic sociology and sociology in general, Weber's book
was translated into English for the first time by Talcott Parsons
and appeared in 1930. We reprint this 1930 Edition. Weber believed
that capitalism in northern Europe evolved when the Protestant
(particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people
to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own
enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth
for investment. In other words, the Protestant ethic was a force
behind an unplanned and uncoordinated mass action that influenced
the development of capitalism. This idea is also known as "the
Weber thesis." Weber, however, rejected deterministic approaches,
and presented the Protestant Ethic as merely one in a number of
'elective affinities' leading toward capitalist modernity. Weber's
term Protestant work ethic has become very widely known. The work
relates significantly to the cultural "rationalization" and
so-called "disenchantment" which Weber associated with the modern
West.
In this work originally published in German in 1920, Weber
discusses the analytical methods of sociology and, at the same
time, presents a devastating critique of prevailing sociological
theory and of its universalist, determinist underpinnings. None of
Weber's other writings offers the reader such a grasp of his
theories; none displays so clearly his erudition, the scope of his
interests, and his analytical powers.
Published posthumously in the early 1920's, Max Weber's Economy and
Society has since become recognized as one of the greatest
sociological treatises of the 20th century, as well as a
foundational text of the modern sociological imagination. The first
strictly empirical comparison of social structures and normative
orders conducted in world-historical depth, this two volume set of
Economy and Society--now with new introductory material
contextualizing Weber's work for 21st century audiences--looks at
social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and
the political community. Meant as a broad introduction for an
educated general public, in its own way Economy and Society 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 an important
challenge to our sociological thought: for the advanced
undergraduate who gropes for her sense of society, for the graduate
student who must develop his own analytical skills, and for the
scholar who must match wits with Weber.
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