Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction

Name: Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Reconstruction
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This volume examines civilizations through the broad lens articulated by the works of Max Weber. In focusing upon his comparative-historical mode of analysis and his causal explanations for the sources, contours, and trajectories of civilizations, this study reconstructs Weber\u2019s sociology in a manner that provides clear guidelines to researchers seeking to investigate civilizations systematically. Through detailed interpretations of the West\u2019s unique development 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 \""particular rationalisms\"" of several civilizations, the author addresses Weber\u2019s powerful model-building on the one hand and his opposition to organic holism and structural presuppositions on the other hand. Both a broad-ranging conceptual framework and case-based empirical investigations are pivotal to Weber. His research strategy emphasizes further the \""sub.