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Author:   Dr. Edith Hanke (Managing Editor, Managing Editor, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich) ,  Dr. Lawrence A. Scaff (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University) ,  Dr. Sam Whimster (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Global Policy Institute)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.90cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 18.30cm
Weight:   1.225kg
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9780190679545

ISBN 10:   0190679549
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   31 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"About the Editors List of Contributors Abbreviated Titles for Max Weber's Texts Chronology of Max Weber's Life Introduction 1. Introduction Edith Hanke, Lawrence Scaff, and Sam Whimster Part I. The Economy: Capitalism in a Globalized World 2. Economics and Society and the Fate of Liberal Capitalism Sam Whimster 3. Max Weber's Analysis of Capitalism Hinnerk Bruhns 4. Money, Credit, and Finance in Capitalism Geoffrey Ingham 5. Law and the Development of Capitalism Laura R. Ford 6. Is there a Future for Bourgeois Liberalism Robert J. Antonio Part II. Society and Social Structure 7. Contemporary Capitalism and The Distribution of Power in Society John Scott 8. Weberian Social Theory: Rationalization in a Globalized World Ralph Schroeder 9. Max Weber, Civil Society, and Partisanship Sung Ho Kim 10. Nation, Nation-State, and Nationalism John Breuilly 11. The Weberian City, Civil Society, and Turkish Social Thought Lütfi Sunar Part III: Politics and the State 12. The Modern State and its Monopoly on Violence Andreas Anter 13. The Relevance of Weber's Conception and Typology of Herrschaft Stefan Breuer 14. The Supra-National Dimension in Max Weber's Vision of Politics Kari Palonen 15. Plebiscitary Politics and the Threats to Legality Claudius Härpfer 16. Politics and Ethics, and the Ethic of Politics Hans Henrik Bruun Part IV: Religion 17. Max Weber's Ethics for the Modern World Peter Ghosh 18. Max Weber and the Late Modernization of Catholicism Rosario Forlenza and Bryan Turner 19. The ""Disenchantment of the World"" or Why We Can No Longer Use the Formula As Max Weber Might Have Intended Kenichi Mishima 20. Weber's China: Confucianism and Vernacular Scott Lash 21. Class, Caste, and Social Stratification in India: Weberian Legacy Hira Singh 22. Including Islam Stefan Leder 23. The Study of Ancient Israel and its Relevance for Contemporary Politics Eduardo Weisz Part V: Culture 24. The Rationalizations of Culture and Their Directions Thomas Kemple 25. Max Weber and the Sociology of Music Brandon Konoval 26. Contemporary Life Conduct and Existential Cultures Barbara Thériault 27. From Occidental Rationalism to Multiple Modernities Johann P. Arnason 28. Max Weber and the Idea of the Occident Joshua Derman Part VI: Science and Knowledge 29. Intellectuals, Scholars, and the Value of Science Gangolf Hübinger 30. The Iron Cage in the Information Age Jos C. N. Raadschelders 31. Causation, Value Judgments, Verstehen Stephen P. Turner 32. Realism and Reality in Max Weber Sérgio da Mata"

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Edith Hanke is managing editor of the Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. She worked on Leo Tolstoy and his significance for German cultural debate c. 1900. She edited Max Weber's ""Sociology of Domination"" for the Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe (I/22-4 and I/23) and is currently engaged in research on Max Weber's worldwide proliferation and reception. Lawrence A. Scaff is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wayne State University, Detroit. He is the author of Fleeing the Iron Cage (University of California Press, 1989), Max Weber in America (Princeton University Press, 2011; German translation Duncker & Humblot, 2013), and Weber and the Weberians (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Sam Whimster is Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the Global Policy Institute, London, and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences. He is the editor of the journal Max Weber Studies and the author of Understanding Weber (Routledge, 2007; Portuguese translation 2007). He edited, with Hans Henrik Bruun, Max Weber's Collected Methodological Writings (Routledge, 2012). He is co-author of Federal Central Banks (Forum Press, 2018).

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