Overview
- A critique of basic assumptions of modernization theory in the Organizational Sociology
- Systematic interpretation of Max Weber's organizational analysis
- Basic considerations on a historical sociology of organization
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In today's organizational sociology, organizations are usually regarded as late achievements of modernity in the history of mankind. Max Weber is repeatedly cited as the supposed guarantor of this thesis. But neither his type of "bureaucratic rule" nor his concept of "rational work organization" - although both are tailored to modern conditions - contain, on closer inspection, compelling arguments for a principled limitation of organizations as such to modernity. Both actually reach their depth of focus only in contrast to "pre-modern" forms of organization. A sociology of organization that wants to refer to Max Weber's work while avoiding the numerous common misunderstandings of its reception must broaden its historical view and consider the possibility of "pre-modern organizations".
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Philipp Jakobs is a research assistant at the Chair of Cultural Sociology at the University of Bonn, where he is doing his doctorate on economic organizations from a historical-sociological perspective.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Max Weber and the sociology of organization
Book Subtitle: Reflections on a concept of pre-modern organization
Authors: Philipp Jakobs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40287-7
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-40286-0Published: 31 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-40287-7Published: 30 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 84
Topics: Social Sciences, general, Political Sociology, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology, general