Max Weber: from History to Modernity

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Summary

This authoritative collection of essays examines Weber's contribution to the contemporary debate about modernity and postmodernity.

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Preface
Introduction
Max Weber and the Panic Culture of Postmodernism
Max Weber's Historical Sociology

Islam, Capitalism and the Weber Theses
Origins and Traditions in Islam and Christianity
State, Science and Economy in Traditional Societies
Religion and State-Formation

The Rationalization of the Body
The Body Politic

Simmel, Rationalization and the Sociology of Money
Nietzsche, Weber and the Devaluation of Politics
Conclusion: Sociology and the Science of `Man'
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