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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I RECONSTRUCTING MAJOR THEMES
Introduction
1 Max Weber’s Types of Rationality: Cornerstones for the Analysis of Rationalization Processes in History
General Features of Weber’s Types of Rationality and Rationalization Processes
The Types of Rationality: Practical, Theoretical, Substantive, and Formal
Comparing and Contrasting the Types of Rationality
Rationalization Processes in General and Rationalization in Modern Societies
2 Should the “Dynamic Autonomy” of Ideas Matter to Sociologists? Max Weber on the Origin of Other-Worldly Salvation Religions and the Constitution of Groups in American Society Today
The Dynamic Autonomy of Religious Ideas: The Problem of Suffering and Religious Development
Should Sociologists Attend to the Dynamic Autonomy of Ideas? Their Re-Location and the Constitution of Groups in American Society Today
3 The Past and Present Influence of World Views: Max Weber on a Neglected Sociological Concept
Weber’s Definition of World Views
The Influence of World Views: Their Sustaining Autonomy and Dynamic Autonomy
Conveying the Cognitive Thrust of World Views: Salvation Doctrines, Social Carriers, and Social Configurations
Today: The Fading of World Views
PART II WEBER’S MODE OF CAUSAL ANALYSIS
Introduction
4 The Perpetual and Tight Interweaving of Past and Present in Max Weber’s Sociology
The Level of Analysis: Ideal Types and Social Carriers
Weber’s Multicausality I: The Broad Spectrum
Weber’s Multicausality II: Societal Domains
What Can Arise: The Importance of Context
The Perpetual and Tight Interweaving of Past and Present
5 Macro Comparisons: Precautions, Possibilities, Achievements, and Limitations
Macro Comparisons: Weber’s Precautions
Macro Comparisons are Possible: The Usefulness of Ideal Types
Macro Comparisons: Achievements and Limitations
6 The Theoretical Framework and Causal Methodology
The Theoretical Framework: Ideal Types and Societal Domains
The Causal Methodology
PART III RECONSTRUCTING SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS FROM WEBER’S OEUVRE: THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF CONFUCIANISM, THE CASTE SYSTEM, AND MONOTHEISM
Introduction
7 The Rise and Expansion of Confucianism in China
Confucianism’s Major Features
Degrees of Causal Centrality: Facilitating and Necessary Patterns of Action
Synchronic and Diachronic Interactions of Patterned Action
The Contextual Dependence of Action-Orientations: Adequate Causality from Conjunctural Interactions
8 The Rise and Expansion of the Caste System in India
Degrees of Causal Centrality: Facilitating and Necessary Patterns of Action
Synchronic and Diachronic Interactions of Patterned Action
The Contextual Dependence of Patterned Action-Orientations: Adequate Causality from Conjunctural Interactions
9 The Rise and Expansion of Monotheism in Ancient Israel
Degrees of Causal Centrality: Facilitating and Necessary Patterns of Action
Synchronic and Diachronic Interactions of Patterned Action
The Contextual Dependence of Patterned Action: Adequate Causality from Conjunctural Interactions
PART IV UTILIZING WEBER I: THE IMPORTANCE OF DEEP CULTURE
Introduction
10 The Legacies of Ascetic Protestantism and American Uniqueness: The Political Culture of the United States
Foundations of the American Political Culture I: Community Building through Ascetic Protestant Sects, Ascetic Protestant Churches, and Civic Associations
Foundations of the American Political Culture II: The Location of Political-Ethical Action and the Strengthening of Community Building
Contemporary Manifestations of the Sect Legacy I: “Moral Character” and the “Can Do” Posture in American Election Campaigns
Contemporary Manifestations of the Sect Legacy II: The Unique Features of American Provincialism
11 The Cultural Foundations of Modern Citizenship
Pre-Modern Citizenship
Modern Citizenship: Civic Responsibility, Social Trust, Egalitarianism, and World-Oriented Individualism
Modern Citizenship’s Internal Tensions
PART V UTILIZING WEBER II: MULTI-CAUSAL AND CONTEXTUAL-CONJUNCTURAL ANALYSES
Introduction
12 The Origin and Expansion of Kulturpessimismus: The Relationship Between Public and Private Spheres in Early Twentieth-Century Germany
A Weberian Approach
The Cultural Context: The Public Sphere in Germany in the Pre-Industrial and Industrial Eras
A Theoretical Analysis of the Origins and Expansion of Kulturpessimismus: The Dynamic Interaction of Public and Private Spheres in Germany at the Turn of the Century
On the Persistance of Cultural Values Despite Fundamental Structural Change: Paying the Cultural Dimension its Due
13 Culture and the Location of Work in Contemporary Western Germany: A Weberian Configurational and Comparative Analysis
A Weberian Theoretical Framework
Ascertaining the Location of Work in Contemporary Western Germany
Past and Present I: The Turn-of-the-Century Configuration in Germany and the Establishment of Public Trust
Past and Present II: The Decline of the Beamtentum and the Equal Competition of Work Motivations in the FRG
The Location of Work in the FRG: The Occupational, Private, and Leisure Spheres
PART VI CONCLUSION: BRINGING WEBER BACK IN
Appendix I The Centrality of Societal Domains in Max Weber’s Sociology: Werner Sombart’s Challenge
Appendix II Max Weber’s Sociology of Emotions: A Preliminary Analysis
Appendix III Stephen Kalberg’s Writings on Max Weber
References
Index
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