On Charisma and Institution Building: Selected Writings
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This selection from Max Weber's writings presents his variegated work from one central focus, the relationship between charisma on the one hand, and the process of institution building in the major fields of the social order such as politics, law, economy, and culture and religion on the other. That the concept of charisma is crucially important for understanding the processes of institution building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication of this relationship is perhaps the most important challenge which Weber's work poses for modern sociology. Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building is a volume in "The Heritage of Sociology," a series edited by Morris Janowitz. Other volumes deal with the writings of George Herbert Mead, William F. Ogburn, Louis Wirth, W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, and the Scottish Moralists--Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, and others.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226877248
ISBN13:9780226877242
Release Date:December 1968
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:370 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
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A masterful interpretation
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Eisenstadt's edition, comprising some of Weber's most famous essays on charisma and routinization and a stellar introduction, is one of the best points of entry into Weber's work out there. Along with Bendix, Shils, Schluchter, and Parsons (to a lesser degree), Eisenstadt is one of the most learned and systematic interpreters of Weber and an insightful sociologist in his own right. His introduction, which takes up a sizeable portion of the book, synthesizes and makes explicit some of the many possible connections available in the text, and is an excellent resource in and of itself.
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