Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction

This volume examines civilizations through the broad lens articulated by Max Weber, reconstructing his sociology to provide clear guidelines for researchers seeking to investigate civilizations systematically. It emphasizes the subjective meanings of actors and the deep cultural origins of groups, and conveys Weber's contextual and multi-causal methodology rooted in a tight interweaving of the present with the past.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 536 pages
Publication date: 30 July 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the examination of civilizations through the insightful lens articulated by the renowned scholar Max Weber. By focusing on his comparative-historical approach and his causal explanations for the origins, development, and trajectories of civilizations, this study endeavors to reconstruct Weber's sociology in a manner that offers clear guidelines to researchers seeking to systematically investigate these complex phenomena.

Through detailed interpretations of the unique development of the West from antiquity to the modern era, precise comparisons to the long-range and singular pathways taken by China and India, and careful demarcations of the distinct rationalisms of various civilizations, the author addresses both the powerful model-building of Weber and his opposition to organic holism and structural presuppositions.

Weber's sociology is characterized by a broad-ranging conceptual framework and case-based empirical investigations. His research strategy emphasizes the subjective meanings of actors from both East and West and the deep cultural origins of groups. Moreover, this volume adeptly conveys Weber's contextual and multi-causal methodology, rooted in a tight interweaving of the present with the past.

Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction will hold significant appeal to comparative sociologists, historians, and theorists across various disciplines. For social scientists pursuing a cross-civilizational agenda, this volume provides valuable insights into the distinct contribution of Weber's interpretive understanding procedures to the rapidly evolving field of civilizational analysis.

Weight: 978g
Dimension: 174 x 244 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367497286