Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction3Ch. 1The Rise of Western Capitalism7Ch. 2Basic Concepts in Weber's Economic Sociology22Ch. 3The Economy and Politics54Ch. 4The Economy and Law82Ch. 5The Economy and Religion108Ch. 6Epilogue: Weber's Vision of Economic Sociology146AppThe Evolution of Weber's Thought on Economics173Notes207Index307

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This book is unequivocally first-rate. Swedberg writes clearly, comprehensively, in a nuanced style, and with tremendous erudition. Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology will be recognized as an invaluable work. -- Mark Perlman, University Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh and founding editor of "The Journal of Economic Literature"

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This book is unequivocally first-rate. Swedberg writes clearly, comprehensively, in a nuanced style, and with tremendous erudition. Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology will be recognized as an invaluable work. -- Mark Perlman, University Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh and founding editor of "The Journal of Economic Literature"

About the Author

Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Stockholm. He is the author of several works in economic sociology and of Joseph A. Schumpeter: A Biography (Princeton). With Neil Smelser, he edited The Handbook of Economic Sociology (Princeton).

Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999 "[Swedberg's] examination of Weber's economic sociology is enormously learned and of an exceptional scholarly standard... The book is beautifully produced... Consistently accurate and impressively researched. [It] will contribute a good deal to the emerging field of economic sociology."--The Times Higher Education Supplement "Swedberg's magisterial work is required reading... [His] exquisitely lucid presentation is buttressed by diagrams and tables that further clarify the discussion. Readers will come away with admiration for both the genius of Weber himself and this author, who engages the reader so forcefully in the Weberian intellectual enterprise. Unreservedly recommended."--Choice