![]() | Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology While most people are familiar with The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism , few know that during the last decade of his life Max Weber (1864-1920) also tried to develop a new way of analyzing economic phenomena, which he termed "economic sociology." Indeed, this effort occupies the central place in Weber's thought during the years just before his death. Richard Swedberg here offers a critical presentation and the first major study of this fascinating part of Weber's work. Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Stockholm. He is the author of several works in economic sociology and of Joseph A. Schumpeter: A Biography (Princeton). With Neil Smelser, he edited The Handbook of Economic Sociology (Princeton). |
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