Basic Concepts in Sociology - Couverture souple

Weber, Max

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0720607752 ISBN 13 : 9780720607758

Editeur : Peter Owen Publishers, 1990

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Max Weber, a German political economist, legal historian, and sociologist, had an impact on the social sciences that is difficult to overestimate. According to a widely held view, he was the founder of the modern way of conceptualizing society and thus the modern social sciences. His major interest was the process of rationalization, which characterizes Western civilization---what he called the "demystification of the world." This interest led him to examine the three types of domination or authority that characterize hierarchical relationships: charismatic, traditional, and legal. It also led him to the study of bureaucracy; all of the world's major religions; and capitalism, which he viewed as a productof the Protestant ethic. With his contemporary, the French sociologist Emile Durkheim---they seem not to have known each other's work---he created modern sociology.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A pivotal, not to say vital work in sociology, first published in the 30s, but still hugely relevant today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Owen Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0720607752
• ISBN 13: 9780720607758
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 126
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible