Max Weber's Methodologies: Interpretation and Critique - Couverture souple

Eliaeson, Sven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745618138 ISBN 13 : 9780745618135

Editeur : Polity Press, 2002

Synopsis

Max Weber is widely regarded as the most important and influential figure in the history of the social sciences. Among other things, he wrote extensively on the methodology of the social sciences, but his writings on methodology are complex and are the subject of many conflicting interpretations.

In this authoritative new book, Sven Eliaeson provides a comprehensive introduction to Weber's methodology and to the various ways it has been interpreted by subsequent scholars in Europe and the United States. Eliaeson shows how the vested interests of scholars have resulted in biased interpretations of Weber's work. Weber was preoccupied with the intellectual problems of his time and not with our current disciplinary crises. By placing Weber's thought and methodology in its historical context, Eliaeson is able to provide a masterly reconstruction of his central concerns while at the same time exploring the enduring relevance of Weber's work for sociology today.

This book will be recognized as a definitive work on Weber's methodology and will be an indispensable text for students and scholars in sociology and the social sciences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sven Eliaeson is Professor in Sociology at the CEU in Warszawa

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745618138
• ISBN 13: 9780745618135
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible