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Max Weber [2005]

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Introduction ‒ Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity
49
Introduction
53
The “Rationalism” of Western Civilization
69
Introduction
75
The Religious Origins of the Vocational Calling: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
111
Continuous Ethical Discipline
121
Introduction
125
Market and Planned Economies: Modern Capitalism's Substantive Conditions
130
The Separation of the Worker from the Means of Production, the Spread of Officialdom, and Organizational Discipline in the Factory
137
The “Specialist” and the “Cultivated Man”: Certificates and the Origin of Ideas in Science
142
Old and New Civilizations: Contrasting Rural Social Structures in Germany and the United States
147
Introduction
151
The Distribution of Power Within the Group: Class, Status, Party
163
Germany as a Nation of Commoners
168
The Counterbalancing of Economic and Social Inequality by Universal Suffrage
173
Introduction
179
Power and Authority: When and Why do People Obey?
194
The Bureaucracy I: External Form, Technical Superiority, Ethos, and Inequality
209
The Bureaucracy II: The Impact Upon Society
217
Past and Present: Charismatic Authority and its Routinization
221
Introduction
225
The Nation: A Sentiment of Solidarity and the “National” Idea
230
The State, its Basic Functions, and the Economic Foundations of Imperialism
238
From Particularistic Law to Formal Legal Equality and the Rights of Individuals
245
Introduction
251
The Antagonism of the Economy and Political Domains to Ethical Action
255
A “Casing of Bondage” and the Rule of Functionaries: The Call for Political Leadership, Strong Parliaments, and an Ethic of Responsibility
273
Introduction
277
The Autonomy of the Individual in the Sect and the Ability to Form Democratic Communities: Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience
291
Introduction
297
On “Race” Membership, Common Ethnicity, the “Ethnic Group,” and Heredity
315
Introduction
321
The Meaning and Value of Science: Disenchantment, “progress”, and Civilized Man's Meaninglessness
328
Ethical Neutrality in the Classroom and the Usefulness and Limits of an Empirical Science
337
The Opposition of Salvation Religions to Science and Modern Culture
345
Introduction
347
Private Authority and Work Habits: England and Russia
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The Data Protection Act: A Case of Rationalization
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The McDonaldization of Society: George Ritzer
361
Hitler's Charisma: Luciano Cavalli
363
The Routinization of Charisma: Rituals of Confession Within Communities of Virtuosi
367
The Political Culture of American Democracy: The Enduring Influence of Religion
377
Bibliography
383
Author Index
385
Subject Index
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