The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber

This book explores the latest thinking about Max Weber and his continuing influence on theoretical and empirical interests today. Bringing together the work of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines, it illuminates Weber’s thought in a number of key areas, including the methodology and philosophy of social science, comparative religion, the rationalization process, political sociology, the sociology of law, and the Protestant ethic and the development of capitalism. An international collection that demonstrates the enduring importance of Weber’s thought to contemporary sociology and the discipline’s major concerns, The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber will appeal to scholars in a range of disciplines, including sociology, social theory, politics, philosophy, law, and international relations.

Introduction: Max Weber Today Alan Sica Part I: The Life and Work 1. Weber Redivivus: Reconsidering the Life and Work Lawrence Scaff 2. Max Weber: The Making of an Improbable Classic Hans-Peter Müller 3. Weber’s Theory of Meaning, Modernity and the Value-Spheres Michael Symonds 4. Rationalities and Rationalization David D'Avray 5. The Fracture in Weber's Sociological Thought: The Formation of a Comparative World-Historical Perspective Lütfi Sunar Part II: Methodology and Philosophy of the Social Sciences 6. Weber's Methodological Writings Christopher Adair-Toteff 7. Max Weber’s Work and Our Times: The Sociological Significance of Weber’s Methodological Insights Basit Bilal Koshul 8. Academic Freedom Between Scientific Objectivity and Cultural Values Thomas Kemple 9. Modalities of Value Incommensurability: Associated Reflections Sven Eliaeson Part III: The Protestant Ethic and the Development of Capitalism 10. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904-05/1920) Peter Ghosh 11. Weber's Early Writings on Law: Medieval Mercantile Law and Agrarian Structures in Roman Antiquity Lutz Kaelber 12. The Monastery Door Reopens Anthony J. Carroll 13. ‘Weber’s Thesis’ and the Restoration of Capitalism in Baltic Countries Zenonas Norkus 14. Capital and the Thrill of Domination David Norman Smith Part IV: Comparative Religion 15. Max Weber on China and Capitalism Vittorio Cotesta 16. Weber’s Economic Ethos of the World Religions Thomas Ertman 17. Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Other Spheres of Life in Max Weber’s Russia Andreas Buss 18. World Religions, World Attitudes, and Civilizations: Max Weber's Comparative Sociology of Religion and the Analysis of Indian Religiosity Martin Fuchs 19. Divine Positive Law: Ancient Judaism and Western Legality Laura R. Ford Part V: Economy and Society and Rationalization Processes 20. Max Weber’s Economic Sociology Christopher Adair-Toteff 21. The Notion of Formal Rationality in the Writings of Max Weber and Other Foremost Sociologists Sandro Segre 22. Capitalism, Contingency, and Economic Development Keith Tribe 23. Max Weber’s Idea of Social Science in an Age of Formal Rationalization H. T. Wilson Part VI: Sociology of Law 24. Max Weber’s Sociology of Law, Then and Now Frank Lechner 25. Max Weber’s Comparative and Historical Sociology of Law: The Developmental Conditions of Law Toby Huff 26. A Critical Reading of Max Weber on Law and Its Rationalization Hubert Treiber Part VII: Political Sociology 27. The Fate of Politics: The Vocation of the Political Educator Peter Lassman 28. Weber’s Concept of Traditional Herrschaft Reexamined: Is it Ever Superseded? Peter Breiner 29. Deus ex Machina: The Problem of Legal-Rational Domination Benno Netelenbos 30. The Politics of Responsibility, Charismatic Communities, and Non-legitimate Domination M.F.N. Giglioli 31. Living (Together) with the Consequences of Value Struggle Shalini Pradeepa Satkunanandan 32. Max Weber on Parliamentarism and Democracy Kari Palonen 33. Revolution and Revolutionary Subjectivity: Links Between Politics, Ethics, and Violence Camilla Emmenegger 34. Max Weber and the Historical Fate of Liberal-Democracy Terry Maley

Alan Sica is Professor of Sociology and Founder and Director of the Social Thought Program at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is the author of Book Matters: The Changing Nature of Literacy (Transaction/Routledge, 2016), Max Weber and the New Century (Transaction/ Routledge, 2017), Max Weber: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Routledge, 2017), and Weber, Irrationality, and Social Order (California University Press, 1988; 2018). He is the editor of Ideologies and the Corruption of Thought (Routledge, 1997), What is Social Theory? The Philosophical Debates (Blackwell, 1998), The Unknown Max Weber (Transaction Publishers, 2004), Social Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Present (Pearson/Routledge, 2004), Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences (Four Volumes, SAGE, 2006), Max Weber (Ashgate/Routledge, 2013) and The Anthem Companion to Max Weber (Anthem Press, 2016). He is also co-editor of Hermeneutics: Questions and Prospects (University of Massachusetts Press, 1983) and The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and former editor of the Sociological Theory and Contemporary Sociology journals.