The Protestant Ethic Debate: Weber's Replies to His Critics, 1907-1910

by David Chalcraft, Austin Harrington

Overview

Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism continues to be one of the most influential texts in the sociology of modern Western societies. Although Weber never produced the further essays with which he intended to extend the study, he did complete four lengthy Replies to reviews of the text by two German historians. Written between 1907 and 1910, the Replies offer a fascinating insight into Weber's intentions in the original study, and the present volume is the first complete translation of all four Replies in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853239765
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Series:	Studies in Social and Political Thought , #3
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	9.31(w) x 6.46(h) x 0.79(d)
Lexile:	1660L (what's this?)

About the Author

Dr Austin Harrington is Reader in Sociology at the University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Translators' Note
PART I
1. Karl Fischer's Review of the The Protestant Ethic, 1907
2. Weber's First Reply to Fisher, 1907
PART II
3. Karl Fischer's Reply to Weber, 1908
4. Weber's Second Reply to Fisher, 1908
PART III
5. Felix Rachfahl's Review of The Protestant Ethic, 1909
6. Weber's First Reply to Rachfahl, 1910
PART IV
7. Felix Rachfahl's Reply to Weber, 1910
8. Weber's Second Reply to Rachfahl, 1910
Bibliography
Index