Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions: An Analysis
This book identifies what is living and what is dead in Max Weber's analyses of China, India and Ancient Israel
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Weber, Max 1864-1920
/ Economic ethics
/ Religious sociology
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Weber, Max (1864-1920)
B Sociology B Religious organization B Economic ethics |
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Print version: Ertman, Thomas C: Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions : An Analysis. - New York : Cambridge University Press,c2017. - 9781107133877 |
| Summary: | This book identifies what is living and what is dead in Max Weber's analyses of China, India and Ancient Israel Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations Weber's Works -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Max Weber's The Economic Ethic of the World Religions ... -- 1.1 China -- 1.2 India -- 1.3 Ancient Israel -- Part II Weber's The Economic Ethic of the World Religions in the Context... -- 2 Max Weber's Sociology of Religion ... -- 2.1 The Problem -- 2.2 The Conceptual Apparatus and Analytic Strategy -- 2.3 The Major Findings -- 3 Introductory Remarks on Max Weber's The Economic Ethic of the World Religions -- Abbreviations of Weber's Works -- References -- Part III Reassessing Weber on China -- 4 Weber's Religion of China -- 4.1 The Problem of Comparison -- 4.2 Rationalization -- 4.3 Salvation -- 4.4 Monotheism -- 4.5 An Alternative and Some Conclusions -- 5 The Chinese State, Social Order and Economic Change -- 5.1 The Weberian Vision of European Historical Change and China: Influence on a Field -- 5.2 Bureaucracy -- 5.3 Kinship, Local Society, Self-Government and Economic Change -- 5.4 Law, Rationality and Political Economy -- 5.5 Social Theory and Explaining Historical Change in China -- References -- 6 Max Weber and Patterns of Chinese History -- 6.1 Between-Case Difference and Within-Case Variation -- 6.2 Weber and the Rise of Industrial Capitalism -- 6.3 The Confucian State and Patterns of the Chinese Past -- 6.4 Discussion -- References -- Part IV Reassessing Max Weber on India -- 7 Max Weber and Indian Religions -- 7.1 Indian Religions and Caste -- 7.2 Weber's Sources and Limits -- 7.3 Caste and Sect -- 7.4 Orgiastic Hinduism -- 7.5 Weber and Hindu Religion Today -- References -- 8 Politics, State, and Empire in Weber's The Religion of India -- 8.1 Orientalism, the Census, and Colonialism -- 8.2 Hinduism and State Formation -- 9 India in Comparison 9.1 Comparison -- 9.2 Civilizational Agendas -- 9.3 Analyzing India: Social and Cultural Dimensions29 -- 9.3.1 The Political Institution of Indian Society31 -- 9.3.2 The Cultural Institution of Indian Society -- Excursus -- 9.3.3 Indian Soteriologies -- 9.3.4 Knowledge Systems -- 9.4 Conclusion: The Idea of Culture in Civilizational Comparison -- References -- Part V Reassessing Max Weber on Ancient Israel -- 10 Max Weber's Sociological Approach and Ancient Israel ... -- 10.1 Max Weber and the "Social-Scientific" Method: A Summary -- 10.2 The Impact of Weber on Recent "Social-Scientific" Criticism of the Hebrew Bible -- 10.3 Max Weber and Archaeology -- 10.4 Moving Beyond Canonical Texts to Material Culture Remains -- 10.5 The Origins of Earliest Israel -- 10.6 The Ancient Israelite Cult -- 10.7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 11 Weber's Ancient Judaism: How Well Has It Worn? -- 11.1 What is the Reception History of Weber's Ancient Judaism? -- 11.2 Why was Weber's Ancient Judaism not Accepted by Biblicists? -- 11.2.1 Out of Step with the Religious Zeitgeist -- 11.2.2 Too Precocious -- 11.2.3 Too Dismissive -- 11.2.4 Methodologically Unclear -- 11.2.5 Poorly Written -- 11.3 Why will Weber's Ancient Judaism not be Accepted by Biblicists Today? -- 11.3.1 Revisions in the Documentary Hypothesis and the Dating of Pentateuchal Texts -- 11.3.2 New Understandings of Israelite History -- 11.3.3 New Understandings of Israelite Culture Including Religion -- 11.4 What is Salvageable from Weber's Ancient Judaism? -- 12 Max Weber's Sociology of Ancient Judaism as Part of His Project on the Economic Ethic of the World Religions -- 12.1 Historicizing Max Weber's Ancient Judaism in the Max Weber Gesamtausgabe -- 12.2 Max Weber's Essay on Ancient Judaism -- 12.3 Max Weber's Ancient Judaism in Modern Hebrew Bible Scholarship -- References -- Part VI Conclusion 13 Living and Dead in Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1108218873 |