Contents

pp v-vi

Contributors

pp vii-viii

Text conventions

pp ix-xii

Introduction: Max Weber’s sociological thought on the economy – a hidden thread in his work

pp 1-8

Part I - Weber’s sociology

pp 9-10

1 - Max Weber: an academic life

pp 11-30

2 - The sociology of Max Weber: background, foundation and perspectives on the economy

pp 31-58

3 - Weber’s contribution to social science methodology and empirical social research

pp 59-78

Part II - A sociological perspective on capitalism

pp 79-80

4 - Weber’s historical studies on economic forms and institutions

pp 81-106

5 - The ethical systems of religions and the transformation of capitalism

pp 107-128

6 - Max Weber’s social economics and the case of central banks

pp 129-154

Part III - Central analytical concepts and their current use

pp 155-156

7 - Rulership and its organization: nuanced organizational concepts in Weber’s thought

pp 157-182

8 - Max Weber and the “bodenständige” life conduct: views on a German town

pp 183-194

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

pp 195-214

Glossary

pp 215-222

Index

pp 223-226