Max Weber : readings and commentary on modernity / edited by Stephen Kalberg.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-382) and index.

Chronology of Max Weber's life -- Introduction - Max Weber : the confrontation with modernity / Stephen Kalberg -- Pt. I. The uniqueness of the West -- 1. The "Rationalism" of western civilization -- Pt. II. The uniqueness and origins of the modern Western work ethics -- 2. The religious origins of the vocational calling : the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism -- 3. Continuous ethical discipline -- Pt. III. The economy, the workplace, and the specialized nature of work in the modern epoch -- 4. Market and planned economies : modern capitalism's substantive conditions -- 5. The separation of the worker from the means of production, the spread of officialdom, and organizational discipline in the factory -- 6. The "specialist" and the "cultivated man" : certificates and the origin of ideas in science -- 7. Old and new civilizations : contrasting rural social structures in Germany and the United States -- Pt. IV. Stratification and inequality -- 8. The distribution of power within the group : class, status, party -- 9. Germany as a nation of commoners -- 10. The counterbalancing of economic and social inequality by universal suffrage -- Pt. V. Authority in the modern epoch -- 11. Power and authority : when and why do people obey? -- 12. The bureaucracy I : external form, technical superiority, ethos, and inequality -- 13. The bureaucracy II : the impact upon society -- 14. Past and present : charismatic authority and its routinization -- Pt. VI. The nation, the modern state, and modern law -- 15. The nation : a sentiment of solidarity and the "national" idea -- 16. The state, its basic functions, and the economic foundations of imperialism -- 17. From particularistic law to formal legal equality and the rights of individuals -- Pt. VII. The circumscription of ethical action today and Weber's response -- 18. The antagonism of the economy and political domains to ethical action -- 19. A "casing of bondage" and the rule of functionaries : the call for political leadership, strong parliaments, and an ethic of responsibility -- Pt. VIII. The political culture of American democracy : the influence of the "sect spirit" -- 20. The autonomy of the individual in the sect and the ability to form democratic communities : tolerance and freedom of conscience -- Pt. IX. On "race," the complexity of the concept of ethnicity, and heredity -- 21. On "race" membership, common ethnicity, the "ethnic group," and heredity -- Pt. X. The meaning, value, and value-freedom of science : "science as a vocation" and other writings -- 22. The meaning and value of science : disenchantment, "progress," and civilized man's meaninglessness -- 23. Ethical neutrality in the classroom and the usefulness and limits of an empirical science -- 24. The opposition of salvation religions to science and modern culture -- Pt. XI. Modern readings -- 25. Private authority and work habits : England and Russia / Reinhard Bendix -- 26. The data protection act : a case of rationalization / Martin Albrow -- 27. The McDonaldization of Society / George Ritzer -- 28. Hitler's charisma / Luciano Cavalli -- 29. The routinization of charisma : rituals of confession within communities of Virtuosi / Hans-Georg Riegl -- 30. The political culture of American democracy : the enduring influence of religion / Seymour Martin Lipset.

"Organized by topic. Max Weber includes numerous readings from contemporary sociologists that demonstrate how Weber's ideas have influenced recent scholarship. Editorial introductions and further reading lists help to place Weber in the history of ideas and sociological theory. Students, scholars, and all interested in Weber's views on the modern world will want this collection."--BOOK JACKET.

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