ISBN:
1306708249
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9780415738934
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9781306708241
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (262 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Theoretical Logic in Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Classical Attempt at Theoretical Synthesis (Theoretical Logic in Sociology) : Max Weber
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈P〉The limits of one-dimensional theory are strikingly revealed in the schools that the founders of the major sociological traditions established. In this volume Max Weber is presented as the theorist who laid out new starting points and the author considers his work as a response, in part, to the idealist tradition which (in Volume 2), he maintains that Durkheim represents. As Weber was less able to avoid ambiguity, the author examines the weaknesses and efforts at 'paradigm revision'. 〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to Volume Three; Chapter One: Weber's Early Writings: Tentative Explorations beyond Idealism and Materialism; 1. The Historical and Ideological Background for Weber's Synthesis; 2. The Intellectual Background for Weber's Synthesis; 3. The Theoretical Achievement: Multidimensional Elements in Weber's Early Writings; 4. Conclusion: Theoretical Underdevelopment and Sociological Ambivalence; Chapter Two: The Later Writings and Weber's Multidimensional Theory of Society
Description / Table of Contents:
1. The Synthetic Approach to Action and Order2. Multidimensional Theory and Comparative Method; 3. The Normative Definition of Rationality: Religion in the Comparative Studies; 4. Beyond Durkheim's Idealist Reduction: The Normative and Instrumental Determination of Religious Evolution; 5. Beyond Marx's Materialist Reduction: The Multidimensional Analysis of Social Class; 6. Normative Order and Empirical Conflict: The Multidimensional Analysis of Urban Revolution; 7. Conclusion: On the Generalized and Analytic Interpretation of Weber's Achievement
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Three: The Retreat from Multidimensionality (1): Presuppositional Dichotomization in the "Religious" Writings1. The Negative Case of The Religion of China; 2. Ancient Judaism as the Multidimensional Alternative; 3. Conclusion; Chapter Four: The Retreat from Multidimensionality (2): Instrumental Reduction in the "Political" Writings; 1. The Evolution from "Legitimation" to ""Domination" in the Formal Writings; 2. The Elaboration of Instrumental Domination in the Substantive Political History; 2.1. Charisma as a Framework for Domination
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2. The Instrumental Struggle for Traditional Domination and Its Transition to a Rational-Legal Form3. Conclusion: "Knowing Better" and the Imperatives of Theoretical Logic; Chapter Five: Legal-Rational Domination and the Utilitarian Structure of Modern Life; 1. Bureaucracy: The Impersonal Form of Hierarchical Control; 2. Democracy: The Inclusion of the Personal Struggle for Power; 3. Law: The External Reference of Formalized Norms; 4. Stratification: The Instrumental Competition for Generalized Means
Description / Table of Contents:
5. A Liberal in Despair: The Ideological Moment in Weber's Instrumental Reduction of ModernityChapter Six: Weber Interpretation and Weberian Sociology: "Paradigm Revision" and Presuppositional Strain; Notes; Works of Weber; Author-Citation Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
