ABSTRACT

This book explores the latest thinking about Max Weber and his continuing influence on theoretical and empirical interests today. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines, it illuminates Weber’s thought in a number of key areas, including the methodology and philosophy of social science, comparative religion, the rationalization process, political sociology, the sociology of law, and the Protestant ethic and the development of capitalism.

An international collection that demonstrates the enduring importance of Weber’s thought to contemporary sociology and the discipline’s major concerns, The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber will appeal to scholars in a range of disciplines, including sociology, social theory, politics, philosophy, law, and international relations.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

Max Weber Today

part I|67 pages

The Life and Work

chapter 1|14 pages

Weber Redivivus

Reconsidering the Life and Work

chapter 2|12 pages

Max Weber

The Making of an Improbable Classic

chapter 5|12 pages

The Fracture in Weber's Sociological Thought

The Formation of a Comparative World-Historical Perspective

part II|54 pages

Methodology and Philosophy of the Social Sciences

chapter 7|15 pages

Max Weber's Work and Our Times

The Sociological Significance of Weber's Methodological Insights

chapter 9|14 pages

Modalities of Value Incommensurability

Associated Reflections

part III|65 pages

The Protestant Ethic and the Development of Capitalism

chapter 11|12 pages

Weber's Early Writings on Law

Medieval Mercantile Law and Agrarian Structures in Roman Antiquity

chapter 12|12 pages

The Monastery Door Reopens

part IV|65 pages

Comparative Religion

chapter 18|13 pages

World Religions, World Attitudes, and Civilizations

Max Weber's Comparative Sociology of Religion and the Analysis of Indian Religiosity 1

chapter 19|13 pages

Divine Positive Law

Ancient Judaism and Western Legality

part VI|43 pages

Sociology of Law

part VII|105 pages

Political Sociology

chapter 27|11 pages

The Fate of Politics

The Vocation of the Political Educator

chapter 28|13 pages

Weber's Concept of Traditional Herrschaft Reexamined

Is it Ever Superseded?

chapter 29|13 pages

Deus ex Machina

The Problem of Legal-Rational Domination

chapter 33|12 pages

Revolution and Revolutionary Subjectivity

Links Between Politics, Ethics, and Violence