The Protestant Ethic Debate: Weber’s Replies to His Critics, 1907-1910 (Studies in Social and Political Thought, 3) (Volume 3) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853239762 ISBN 13: 9780853239765

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism continues to be one of the most influential texts in the sociology of modern Western societies. Although Weber never produced the further essays with which he intended to extend the study, he did complete four lengthy Replies to reviews of the text by two German historians. Written between 1907 and 1910, the Replies offer a fascinating insight into Weber's intentions in the original study, and the present volume is the first complete translation of all four Replies in English.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Austin Harrington is Reader in Sociology at the University of Leeds.

Review:

'We have waited far too long for an English edition of Weber's replies to his critics... Had these replies been published with the original 1930 translation of the PESC the whole Protestant Ethic debate would never have gone down so many blind alleys... Readers will also find one of the most succinct statements of Weber's objectives in writing the PESC as well as a clarification of his research methods.' Dr Sam Whimster, Reader in Sociology at London Guildhall University

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0853239762
• ISBN 13: 9780853239765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Chalcraft David, Harrington Austin