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Max Weber

Bryan S. Turner

1991240 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1991
first published
  • 1992Routledge · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780415076180
  • 1993Routledge · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780415103879
  • 2004Taylor & Francis Group Plc · ENGISBN 9780203163962
  • 1991HarperCollins Publishers Ltd · 240 pagesISBN 9780044459354
  • 1999Routledge · ENGISBN 9780415184748
  • 1999Routledge · ENGISBN 9780415184755
  • 1999Routledge · ENGISBN 9780415184762

This authoritative collection of essays examines Weber's contribution to the contemporary debate about modernity and postmodernity. Bryan Turner examines contemporary interpretations of Max Weber in terms of his relationship to Marx, Nietzsche and Simmel. He demonstrates the significance of Weber's comparative and historical sociology in understanding the complexity of secular industrial societies. Finally Turner explores the rationalization theme in Weber's sociology by examining scientific rationality, religious change, political metaphors and the discipline of the body.

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