"Rationalism is a cornerstone of the modern Occident's conception of itself. However, as shown by the post-colonial reading of the term found in Max Weber's comparative studies of religion, the concept of rationalism is also an instrument for hierarchization and essentialization…
Rationality, economy, and society / Jon Elster -- Rationalization and culture / Alan Sica -- Psychophysics and culture / Wolfgang Schluchter -- The rule of man over man: politics, power and legitimation / Peter Lassman -- Weber on the cultural situation of the modern age / Lawre…
Power is arguably one of the key concepts within the social sciences. "The SAGE Handbook of Power" is the first touchstone for any student or researcher wishing to initiate themselves in the state-of-the-art. Internationally acclaimed, Stewart R Clegg and Mark Haugaard have join…
This book offers a political anthropological discussion of subversion, exploring its imbrication with technological and divinization practices, and uncovering some of its particular effects on human existence, from prehistory until the contemporary age. Subversion is often roman…
Im Februar 1919 erhielt Max Weber einen Ruf an die Juristische Fakultät in Bonn, übernahm dann aber doch eine gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Professur in München. Wäre sein heutiges Bild ein anderes, wenn er sich für Bonn entschieden hätte?Weber war habilitierter Jurist. Obwohl …
