"Max Weber and the Sociology of Culture" defines a distinctive Weberian perspective which provides a basis on which future sociological analyses of culture will be able to build. Drawing on a broad interpretation of Weber's writings, Ralph Schroeder offers an interpretation of Weber's theory and a comprehensive and critical introduction to his sociology. Assessing Weber's writings as a contribution to the sociology of culture, the book offers an understanding of Weber's comparative historical sociology and his concern with cultural change. It also re-assesses central questions around the significance and volume of Weber's sociology - how it relates to materialism and functionalism, and to ideas of Marx and Durkheim. Ralph Schroeder's analysis yields a coherent conception of the interplay between culture and social life which can be found throughout Weber's comparative studies of the world-religions and in his writings on modern society. The book is aimed at students and academics in social theory and sociology.
- ISBN10 0803985495
- ISBN13 9780803985490
- Publish Date 15 September 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English