Max Weber : a critical introduction / Kieran Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Kieran, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Weber, Max.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Max Weber is one of the founding fathers of sociology. He is often referred to as a sophisticated 'value-free' sociologist. This new critical introduction argues that Weber's sociology cannot be divorced from his political standpoint. Weber saw himself as a 'class conscious bourgeois' and his sociology reflects this outlook. Providing clear summaries of Weber's ideas - concentrating on the themes most often encountered on sociology courses - Kieran Allen provides a lively introduction to this key thinker. Kieran Allen explores Weber's political background through his life and his writing. Weber was a neo-liberal who thought that the market guaranteed efficiency and rationality. He was an advocate of empire. He supported the carnage of WW1 and vehemently attacked German socialists such as Rosa Luxemburg. Weber's most famous book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, ignores the bloody legacy associated with the early accumulation of capital. Instead, he locates the origins of the system in a new rigorous morality. Using a political framework, Kieran Allen's book is is ideal for students who want to develop a critical approach.

Contents:

The sociologist of empire

The spirit of capitalism

Why didn't Asia develop?

Methodology

Class, status, and party

Domination and bureaucracy

The fall and rise of the West

Capitalism, socialism, and bureaucracy

War and revolution.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611750442

9781783719228

1783719222

9781849642385

1849642389

9781281750440

1281750441

9781435661516

1435661516

OCLC:

654708118