Readings and Commentary on Modernity_ Max Weber, Stephen Kalberg ed.



(Modernity and Society) Max Weber, Stephen Kalberg (Ed.)
Readings and Commentary on Modernity-Blackwell (2005)
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Pages  419

General Editor’s Foreword xi
Chronology of Max Weber’s Life xv
Glossary xxi
Acknowledgments xxxi
Introduction – Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity 1
Stephen Kalberg
Max Weber: The Man 7
Foundational Features of Weber’s Interpretive Understanding Sociology 8
Research Strategies and Procedures 14
The Vision of “Society” 19
Weber’s Multicausality 22
Modern Western Rationalism I: Weber’s Model 27
Modern Western Rationalism II: Empirical Variation 30
Fears about the Future and Proposals for Social Change 34
Weber on Modernity and Weber’s Sociology: An Assessment 37
Notes 41
PARTI THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WEST 49
Introduction 49
1 The “Rationalism” of Western Civilization 53
From “Prefatory Remarks” to Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion 53
From The Religion of India 64
From Economy and Society 65
PART II THE UNIQUENESS AND ORIGINS OF THE MODERN WESTERN WORK ETHIC 69
Introduction 69
2 The Religious Origins of the Vocational Calling: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism 75
From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 75
From “Discussion Contributions” 107
From “On the Psychological Physics of Industrial Work” 108
3 Continuous Ethical Discipline 111
From “The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism” 111
PART III THE ECONOMY, THE WORKPLACE, AND THE SPECIALIZED
NATURE OF WORK IN THE MODERN EPOCH 121
Introduction 121
4 Market and Planned Economies: Modern Capitalism’s Substantive Conditions 125
From Economy and Society 125
5 The Separation of the Worker from the Means of Production, the Spread of Officialdom, and
Organizational Discipline in the Factory 130
From “Socialism” 130
From “A Research Strategy for the Study of Occupational Careers and Mobility Patterns” 134
From Economy and Society 135
6 The “Specialist” and the “Cultivated Man”: Certificates and the Origin of Ideas in Science 137
From Economy and Society 137
From “Science as a Vocation” 139
7 Old and New Civilizations: Contrasting Rural Social Structures in Germany and the
United States 142
From “Capitalism and Rural Society in Germany” 142
PART IV STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY 147
Introduction 147
8 The Distribution of Power Within the Group: Class, Status, Party 151
From Economy and Society 151
9 Germany as a Nation of Commoners 163
From “National Character and the Junkers” 163
10 The Counterbalancing of Economic and Social Inequality by Universal Suffrage 168
From “Suffrage and Democracy in Germany” 168
PARTV AUTHORITY IN THE MODERN EPOCH 173
Introduction 173
11 Power and Authority: When and Why Do People Obey? 179
From Economy and Society 179
12 The Bureaucracy I: External Form, Technical Superiority, Ethos, and Inequality 194
From Economy and Society 194
From “The Social Psychology of the World Religions” 198
From Economy and Society 198
13 The Bureaucracy II: The Impact upon Society 209
From Economy and Society 209
14 Past and Present: Charismatic Authority and its Routinization 217
From “The Social Psychology of the World Religions” 217
From Economy and Society 218
From “The Social Psychology of the World Religions” 220
PART VI THE NATION, THE MODERN STATE, AND MODERN LAW 221
Introduction 221
15 The Nation: A Sentiment of Solidarity and the “National” Idea 225
From Economy and Society 225
16 The State, its Basic Functions, and the Economic Foundations of Imperialism 230
From Economy and Society 230
17 From Particularistic Law to Formal Legal Equality and the Rights of Individuals 238
From Economy and Society 238
PART VII THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF ETHICAL ACTION TODAY AND WEBER’S RESPONSE 245
Introduction 245
18 The Antagonism of the Economy and Political Domains to Ethical Action 251
From Economy and Society 251
From “Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions” 253
19 A “Casing of Bondage” and the Rule of Functionaries: The Call for Political
Leadership, Strong Parliaments, and an Ethic of Responsibility 255
From Economy and Society 255
From “Politics as a Vocation” 257
From Economy and Society 260
From “Suffrage and Democracy in Germany” 262
From “Politics as a Vocation” 265
PART VIII THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY:
THE INFLUENCE OF THE “SECT SPIRIT” 273
Introduction 273
20 The Autonomy of the Individual in the Sect and the Ability to Form Democratic
Communities: Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience 277
From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 277
From Economy and Society 280
From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 280
From Economy and Society 282
From “‘Churches’ and ‘Sects’ in North America” 284
From Economy and Society 287
From “‘Churches’ and ‘Sects’ in North America” 287
From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 288
PART IX ON “RACE,” THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CONCEPT OF ETHNICITY, AND HEREDITY 291
Introduction 291
21 On “Race” Membership, Common Ethnicity, the “Ethnic Group,” and Heredity 297
From Economy and Society 297
From “Comment on the Lecture by Alfred Ploetz” 306
From “Prefatory Remarks” to Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion 314
PARTX THE MEANING, VALUE, AND VALUE-FREEDOM OF SCIENCE:
“SCIENCE AS A VOCATION” AND OTHER WRITINGS 315
Introduction 315
22 The Meaning and Value of Science: Disenchantment, “Progress,” and Civilized
Man’s Meaninglessness 321
From “Science as a Vocation” 321
23 Ethical Neutrality in the Classroom and the Usefulness and Limits of an
Empirical Science 328
From “Science as a Vocation” 328
From “Debate Commentary” 335
24 The Opposition of Salvation Religions to Science and Modern Culture 337
From “Science as a Vocation” 337
From “Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions” 340
PART XI MODERN READINGS 345
Introduction 345
25 Private Authority and Work Habits: England and Russia 347
Reinhard Bendix
26 The Data Protection Act: A Case of Rationalization 353
Martin Albrow
27 The McDonaldization of Society 357
George Ritzer
28 Hitler’s Charisma 361
Luciano Cavalli
29 The Routinization of Charisma: Rituals of Confession within Communities of Virtuosi 363
Hans-Georg Riegl
30 The Political Culture of American Democracy: The Enduring Influence of Religion 367
Seymour Martin Lipset
Bibliography 377
Author Index 383
Subject Index 385

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