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For Weber : Essays On the Sociology of title: Fate Theory, Culture & Society (Unnumbered) author: Turner, Bryan S. publisher: Sage Publications, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 080397633X print isbn13: 9780803976337 ebook isbn13: 9780585354378 language: English Weber, Max,--1864-1920, Sociology-- subject History, Political sociology, Religion and sociology. publication date: 1996 lcc: HM22.G3W4586 1996eb ddc: 301/.01 Weber, Max,--1864-1920, Sociology-- subject: History, Political sociology, Religion and sociology. Page i For Weber Page ii Theory, Culture & Society Theory, Culture & Society caters for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science and the humanities. Building on the heritage of classical social theory, the book series examines ways in which this tradition has been reshaped by a new generation of theorists. It will also publish theoretically informed analyses of everyday life, popular culture, and new intellectual movements. EDITOR: Mike Featherstone, University of Teesside SERIES EDITORIAL BOARD Roy Boyne, University of Teesside Mike Hepworth, University of Aberdeen Scott Lash, University of Lancaster Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh Bryan S. Turner, Deakin University Recent volumes include: The Cinematic Society The Voyeur's Gaze Norman K. Denzin Decentring Leisure Rethinking Leisure Theory Chris Rojek Global Modernities Mike Featherstone, Scott Lash and Roland Robertson The Masque of Femininity The Presentation of Woman in Everyday Life Efrat Tseëlon The Arena of Racism Michel Wieviorka Undoing Culture Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity Mike Featherstone The Time of the Tribes The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society Michel Maffesoli Risk, Environment and Modernity Towards a New Ecology edited by Scott Lash, Bronislaw Szerszynski and Brian Wynne Page iii For Weber Essays on the Sociology of Fate Second edition Bryan S. Turner Page iv © Bryan S. Turner 1996 First published by Routledge and Kegan Paul 1981 This second edition published by Sage Publications 1996 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, School of Human Studies, University of Teesside British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0 8039 7633 X ISBN 0 8039 7634 8 (pbk) Library of Congress catalog record available Printed in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Guildford Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction: Marx and Nietzsche ix Part One Marxism 1 3 Logic and Fate in Weber's Sociology 2 29 Weber and Structural Marxism 3 61 Weber and the Frankfurt School Part Two Religion 4 109 Religious Stratification 5 142 Theodicy, the Career of a Concept 6 177 Weber on Medicine and Religion Part Three Development 7 203 Feudalism and Prebendalism 8 234 Weber and the Sociology of Development 9 257 Weber's Orientalism Part Four Capitalism 10 289 Family, Property and Ideology 11 318 Weber and the Sociology of Law 12 352 Weber and Late Capitalism Bibliography 369 Index 399

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For Weber is recognized widely as one of the most incisive and stimulating books on Weber in the post-war period. Writing in defence of Weber's sociology against the criticism of academic sociology by Marxists such as Louis Althusser, Bryan Turner, a leading Weberian scholar, rejects the view that W
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