Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 535 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781000414219
,
9781003047186
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in social and political thought
Content:
"This book investigates civilizations through the works of Max Weber. Articulating his sociology in a manner that provides clear guidelines for the systematic investigation of civilizations, the volume focuses upon his 'big picture' themes: his comparative-historical methodology and his causal explanations for the singular sources, contours, and trajectories of civilizations. Through detailed interpretations of Weber's wide-scope and configurational analysis of the West's unique development from Antiquity to the Modern era, his forceful comparisons to the discrete pathways taken by China and India, and his careful demarcation of the 'particular rationalism' of several civilizations, the author examines Weber's stark opposition to organic holism, mono-causal procedures, and structural presuppositions. As such, this study masterfully conveys his contextual and multi-causal mode of analysis rooted in a tight interweaving of the present with the past. Weber's research strategies also emphasize both the 'subjective meanings' of actors East and West and the deep cultural and long-range origins of their salient groups. In this way, social scientists pursuing a cross-civilizational agenda will be able to discover Weberian 'interpretive understanding' procedures for empirical investigations. Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction will contribute decisively and significantly to the now-essential field of civilizational analysis, and will appeal to comparative sociologists and historians, as well as to social theorists of all persuasions"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-367-49728-6
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-367-49727-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Weber, Max 1864-1920
;
Soziologie
;
Wissenschaftssoziologie
;
Zivilisation
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Kalberg, Stephen 1945-
