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Max Weber’s Sociological Thought on the Economy

Edited by Andrea Maurer

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Max Weber (1864–1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber’s work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society. Complicated by the reception history precipitated by his untimely death, the workings of the economy and capitalism are themes that run throughout his writings but are often overlooked or subordinated to his sociology.

In an attempt to restore Weber’s place in the history of economics and to relate his approach to social science to the field today, a distinguished group of Weberian scholars explore the life and works of Max Weber, his interest in economic institutions and forms and his most influential analytical concepts.

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Max Weber and the economy is a classic topic that has occupied scholars for the best part of a century and this book brings together some of the best Weberians around. It contains new knowledge, useful knowledge and some surprises for the reader.

Table of contents

Introduction: Max Weber’s sociological thought on the economy Andrea Maurer

Part I Weber’s sociology

1. Max Weber: an academic life Keith Tribe

2. The Sociology of Max Weber: background, foundation and perspectives on the economy Andrea Maurer

3. Weber’s contribution to social science methodology and empirical social research Alexander Betz and Stefanie Eifler

Part II A sociological perspective on capitalism

4. Weber’s historical studies on economic forms and institutions Hinnerk Bruhns

5. The ethical systems of religions and the transformation of capitalism Christian Etzrodt

6. Max Weber's social economics and the case of central banks Sam Whimster

Part III Central analytical concepts and their current use

7. Rulership and its organization: nuanced organizational concepts in Weber’s thought Robert Jungmann

8. Max Weber and the “bodenständige” life conduct: Views on a German town Barbara Thériault

9. Statecraft, soulcraft and money-craft: Max Weber’s genealogy of Homo economicus Sung Ho Kim

About the author

Andrea Maurer

Andrea Maurer is Professor of Sociology at Trier University. She has published widely in the fields of economic sociology, new institutionalism and sociological theory, including, most recently, editing The Handbook of Economic Sociology for the 21st Century (2021).