Max Weber and the Path from Political Economy to Economic Sociology

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This book examines the largely-neglected shift in Max Weber’s work from political economy to economic sociology. Considering the importance of his recognition―made during his research on the Protestant Ethic―of the reciprocal influences that exist between economics and society and the role of this realization in prompting him to rethink the study of political economy, the author sheds fresh light on his emerging belief that the study of the relationship between economic factors and social issues required a new discipline. A study that charts an important development in the thought of one of the founding figures of sociology, this volume will appeal to scholars of social theory with interests in the history of the field and the legacy of Max Weber. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface 1. Introduction I II Bibliography 2. Nineteenth-century German political economy I II III IV V VI VII Notes Bibliography 3. Max Weber and becoming a political economist. 1890-1900 I II III The stock exchange and industrialization IV Weber's lectures on political economy "Allgemeine Nationalökonomik" Praktische Nationalökonomie "Finanzwissenschaft" V Concluding comments Notes Bibliography 4. Max Weber and becoming a social economist. 1900-1910 Introduction Economics and methods Roscher and Knies Weber versus Brentano Grundriss der Sozialökonomik Conclusion Notes Bibliography 5. Max Weber and "Sozial Ökonomik." 1910-1920 Weber and his Grundriss der Sozialökonomik 1910-1914 The Grundriss der Sozialökonomik Weber's "Sozialökonomik" as section 2 of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Part I. Notes Bibliography 6. Max Weber's social economics—the path not taken I II III Notes Bibliography Index