‘Iedereen die in Nederland in de politiek gaat, welke richting of overtuiging dan ook toegedaan, zou eerst een toelatingsexamen moeten doen, waarbij deze essays van Max Weber tot de verplichte literatuur zouden horen.  Meer

Max Weber laat zien hoe vooral het protestantisme met zijn ethiek van hard en succesvol werken de ontwikkeling van de vrije markt heeft begeleid.  Meer

Edited and with a new introduction by Robert J. Antonio and Alan Sica. Max Weber wrote these methodological essays in the closest intimacy with actual research and against a background of constant and intensive meditation on substantive problems in the theory and strategy of the social sciences.  Meer

In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.  Meer

Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, this remarkable volume holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century.  Meer

One of Weber's most important books and is a landmark work in the history of economic thought. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Introduction and a translation of Weber’s original ‘Conceptual Preface’ to the German edition, both by Keith Tribe.  Meer

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read.  Meer

Originally published separately, Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation' stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to authority; and the nature and status of political claims and the.  Meer

In his neglected masterpiece, Weber brings sociology to bear on civilizations as diverse as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.  Meer