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Swedberg, Richard. The Max Weber Dictionary: Key Words and Central Concepts / With the assistance of
Ola Agevall. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Social Sciences, 2005.
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Max Weber is one of the world’s most important social scientists, and one of
the most notoriously difficult to understand. This dictionary will aid the reader
in understanding Weber’s work. Every entry contains a basic definition, examples
of and references to the word in Weber’s writing, and references to important
secondary literature.
More than an elementary dictionary, however, this work makes a contribution to
the general culture and legacy of Weber’s work. The dictionary also contains
extended entries for broader concepts and topics throughout Weber’s work, including
law, politics, and religion. Every entry in the dictionary delves into Weber scholarship
and acts as a point of departure in discussion and research. As such, this book will
be an invaluable resource to general readers, students, and scholars alike.
Stanford University Press
To help the general reader (and frustrated or tired student or teacher) get a
better
grasp of Weber's theories and works, Richard Swedberg, an economic sociologist, Weber
scholar and professor of sociology at Cornell, has written The Max Weber Dictionary:
Key Words and Central Concepts (Stanford University Press).
"Weber is so difficult to understand that I hope an aid in the form of a dictionary
will be helpful," said Swedberg. "I wrote the book because I admire Weber's work.
And, besides wanting to aid others to be able to study Weber without the difficulty
I myself had, I also wanted to contribute to the culture around Weber's work."
Weber is known for his thesis of the "Protestant ethic," for emphasizing cultural
and political influences on economic development and individual behavior, his ideas
on bureaucracy, developing a methodology for social science, stressing plurality
and an interdependence of causes and for his work in the sociology of religion. Late
in his career, he pulled together many of his ideas to create a totally new type
of sociology, known as interpretive sociology.
The 344-page book, which includes more than 30 pages of references, consists of
numerous entries in a dictionary format. Each concept of Weber's work is summarized,
followed by Weber's definition of the concept, where he used it, where else it has
been discussed in a secondary source, and cross references to other useful entries
in the dictionary.
By Susan S. Lang // The
Cornell Chronicle. February 24, 2005.
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