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TRADITIONSINSOCIALTHEORY FoundingEditor:IanCraib SeriesEditor:RobStones This series offers a selection of concise introductions to particular traditions in sociological thought. It aims to deepen the reader’s knowledge of particular the- oreticalapproachesandatthesametimetoenhancetheirwiderunderstandingof sociologicaltheorising.Eachbookwilloffer:ahistoryofthechosenapproachand the debates that have driven it forward; a discussion of the current state of the debateswithintheapproach(ordebateswithotherapproaches);andanargument for the distinctive contribution of the approach and its likely future value. The seriesisacompaniontotheThemesinSocialTheory series,editedbyRobStones. Published PHILOSOPHYOFSOCIALSCIENCE(SecondEdition) TedBentonandIanCraib CRITICALTHEORY AlanHow MARXISMANDSOCIALTHEORY JonathanJoseph MICROSOCIALTHEORY BrianRoberts WEBERANDTHEWEBERIANS LawrenceA.Scaff STRUCTURATIONTHEORY RobStones Forthcoming POSTSTRUCTURALISMANDSOCIALTHEORY DavidHowarth THESIMMELIANLEGACY OlliPyyhtinen 28:41. THEMESINSOCIALTHEORY SeriesEditor:RobStones Thisseriesexploreshowcutting-edgeresearchwithinthesocialsciencesrelieson combinations of social theory and empirical evidence. Different books examine howthisrelationshipworksinparticularsubjectareas,fromtechnologyandhealth topoliticsandhumanrights.Givingthereaderabriefoverviewofthemajorthe- oreticalapproachesusedinanarea,thebooksthendescribetheirapplicationina rangeofempiricalprojects.Eachtextlooksatcontemporaryandclassicaltheories, provides a map of primary research carried out in the subject area and highlights advancesinthefield.TheseriesisacompaniontotheTraditionsinSocialTheory series,foundedbyIanCraibandeditedbyRobStones. Published HEALTHANDSOCIALTHEORY FernandoDeMaio TECHNOLOGYANDSOCIALTHEORY SteveMatthewman HUMANRIGHTSANDSOCIALTHEORY LydiaMorris INTERNATIONALMIGRATIONANDSOCIALTHEORY KarenO’Reilly Forthcoming CRIMEANDSOCIALTHEORY EamonnCarrabine IDENTITYANDSOCIALTHEORY StephanieLawler POLITICSANDSOCIALTHEORY WillLeggett ENVIRONMENT,NATUREANDSOCIALTHEORY DamianWhite,AlanRudyandBrianGareau 28:41. Weber and the Weberians Lawrence A. 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Copyrightedmaterial–9781137006240 Contents ListofFiguresandTables ix Acknowledgements xi Preface xiii 1 WeberandHisLegacy 1 WeberandWeberiansocialtheory 1 TheWeberCircle 6 BeyondtheWeberCircle:foundingthesocialsciences 10 Émigrécontributions 14 ThepostwarformationofWeberiantheory 17 2 HistoricalandCulturalAnalysis 23 Religionandeconomicaction 23 Asceticismandmysticism,churchandsect 26 TheProtestantethicdebates 30 TheProtestantethicandmodernity 38 Theidealtype,understandingandexplanation 43 Levelsofanalysisand‘methodologicalindividualism’ 50 Theculturalproblemsofcapitalism 55 Lessonsforculturalanalysisandhistoricalsociology 58 3 TheTheory ofSocialAction 63 Rationalityandthetypesofsocialandeconomicaction 64 Interpretation,valuesandthesearchformeaning 70 Thegeneraltheoryofaction 77 Thetheoryofcommunicativeaction 85 Authority,domination,legitimacy 93 Charismaandrevolution 100 Traditionalauthorityandtraditionalism 103 4 Orders,Structures,Institutions 107 Thetheoryofbureaucracy 107 Lawandsociety 114 vii Copyrightedmaterial–9781137006240 Copyrightedmaterial–9781137006240 viii Contents Thesociologyofthestate 118 Citizenship,ethnicity,race,nationality 125 Democracyandcivilsociety 128 5 PathstotheModernWorld 135 Rationalizationanditssignificance 136 Civilizationanddiscipline 146 Escapingtheironcage:multiplemodernities? 151 Science,disenchantmentandre-enchantment 156 6 WeberianSocialTheoryandtheFuture 163 Weberiansocialscience 165 WeberandtheWesterntradition 169 Bibliography 175 Index 195 Copyrightedmaterial–9781137006240 Figures and Tables Figures 2.1 Weber’stypologyofsalvationreligions:orientationstoward theworld 28 2.2 Basictypesofeconomyorientedtowardindividualcapital accumulation 33 2.3 AsimplifiedrestatementofWeber’s‘ProtestantEthic’thesis 52 3.1 Thepatternvariables 79 Tables 1.1 MaxWeber’sposthumouslypublishedmainworkinGerman, 1921–1925 7 1.2 MaxWeber’sworkinEnglishtranslation:themainbooksand articles,1927–1960 12 1.3 MaxWeber’sworkinEnglishtranslation:themainbooksand articles,1960–2012 18 3.1 Thederivationofthesocialsystem 83 3.2 AcharacterizationofthevaluespheresinHabermas’ssocial theory 89 3.3 Somecharacteristicsofthemodernstructurallydifferentiated life-world 92 3.4 Thetypesoflegitimatedominationorauthority 97 ix 28:48. 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