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Max Weber and the sociology of culture /

Defines a Weberian perspective that provides a basis on which future sociological analyses of culture will be able to build. Schroeder offers a challenging interpretation of Weber's theory and a comprehensive and critical introduction to his sociology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schroeder, Ralph
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1992.
Series:Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Weber, Max, > 1864-1920.
Culture.
Sociology.
Sociology > Methodology.
Sociology
Culture
Sociologie > Méthodologie.
Sociologie.
sociology.
culture note.
Weber, Max, > 1864-1920
Weber, Max > 1864-1920
Kultursoziologie
Cultuursociologie.
Weber, Max.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The Thematic Unity of Weber's Writings (starting p. 1)
  • The Interpretation of Weber's Sociology (starting p. 3)
  • The Sciences of Culture and the Nature of Social Reality (starting p. 6)
  • World-historical Stages and Philosophical Anthropology (starting p. 11)
  • Charisma and Routinization (starting p. 17)
  • Spheres of Life (starting p. 23)
  • The Inner Logic of World-views (starting p. 26)
  • Notes (starting p. 28)
  • 2 The Uniqueness of the East (starting p. 33)
  • From Magic to Religion (starting p. 33)
  • The Ethic of the Confucian Literati and the Enchanted Garden (starting p. 43)
  • Hinduism and the 'Spirit' of the Caste System (starting p. 55)
  • The Islamic 'Warrior' Religion (starting p. 65)
  • Notes (starting p. 71)
  • 3 The Rise of the West (starting p. 72)
  • Ancient Judaism and the Origins of Western Rationalism (starting p. 72)
  • Early and Medieval Christianity: a Regression in the Course of Western Rationalism (starting p. 84)
  • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Secularism (starting p. 96)
  • Notes (starting p. 110)
  • 4 The Iron Cage of Modern Rationalism (starting p. 112)
  • Politics in a Disenchanted World (starting p. 112)
  • Science and Modern Culture (starting p. 121)
  • The Demands of Science and the Ethic of Politics (starting p. 128)
  • Science without Foundations (starting p. 130)
  • Notes (starting p. 137)
  • 5 The Sociology of Culture: Weber and Beyond (starting p. 141)
  • Weber's Theory of Cultural Change (starting p. 141)
  • Culturalism and Idealism (starting p. 150)
  • Weber contra Marx and Durkheim (starting p. 155)
  • Weber and Contemporary Social Science: the Prospects for Idealism (starting p. 157)
  • Notes (starting p. 163)
  • References (starting p. 166)
  • Index (starting p. 173).