Classical Attempt at Theoretical Synthesis: Max Weber
Author:   Jeffrey Alexander (Yale University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415738934


Pages:   262
Publication Date:   03 February 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Classical Attempt at Theoretical Synthesis: Max Weber


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The limits of one-dimensional theory are strikingly revealed in the schools that the founders of the major sociological traditions established. In this volume Max Weber is presented as the theorist who laid out new starting points and the author considers his work as a response, in part, to the idealist tradition which (in Volume 2), he maintains that Durkheim represents. As Weber was less able to avoid ambiguity, the author examines the weaknesses and efforts at ‘paradigm revision’.

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Author:   Jeffrey Alexander (Yale University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415738934


ISBN 10:   0415738938
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   03 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Weber’s Early Writings: Tentative Explorations Beyond Idealism and Materialism 2. The Later Writings and Weber’s Multidimensional Theory of Society 3. The Retreat from Multidimensionality (1): Presuppositional Dichotomization in the ‘Religious’ Writings 4. The Retreat from Multidimensionality (2): Instrumental Reduction in the ‘Political’ Writings 5. Legal-Rational Domination and the Utilitarian Structure of Modern Life 6. Weber Interpretation and Weberian Sociology: ‘Paradigm Revision’ and Presuppositional Strain. Notes. Works of Weber. Indices.

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'This book on Weber is a model for scholars.' Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology '...a valuable fresh perspective....it sets a new standard in Weber scholarship.' Theory and Society


`This book on Weber is a model for scholars.' Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology `...a valuable fresh perspective....it sets a new standard in Weber scholarship.' Theory and Society


'This book on Weber is a model for scholars.' Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology '...a valuable fresh perspective...it sets a new standard in Weber scholarship.' Theory and Society


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