The Oxford Handbook of Max Weber

Edith Hanke is managing editor of the Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. She worked on Leo Tolstoy and his significance for German cultural debate c. 1900. She edited Max Weber's "Sociology of Domination" for the Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe (I/22-4 and I/23) and is currently engaged in research on Max Weber's worldwide proliferation and reception.Lawrence A. Scaff is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wayne State University, Detroit. He is the author of Fleeing the Iron Cage (University of California Press, 1989), Max Weber in America (Princeton University Press, 2011; German translation Duncker & Humblot, 2013), and Weber and the Weberians (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Sam Whimster is Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the Global Policy Institute, London, and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences. He is the editor of the journal Max Weber Studies and the author of Understanding Weber(Routledge, 2007; Portuguese translation 2007). He edited, with Hans Henrik Bruun, Max Weber's Collected Methodological Writings(Routledge, 2012). He is co-author of Federal Central Banks (Forum Press, 2018).

• About the EditorsList of ContributorsAbbreviated Titles for Max Weber's TextsChronology of Max Weber's Life Introduction 1. IntroductionEdith Hanke, Lawrence Scaff, and Sam Whimster Part I. The Economy: Capitalism in a Globalized World 2. Economics and Society and the Fate of Liberal CapitalismSam Whimster 3. Max Weber's Analysis of CapitalismHinnerk Bruhns 4. Money, Credit, and Finance in Capitalism Geoffrey Ingham 5. Law and the Development of CapitalismLaura R. Ford 6. Is there a Future for Bourgeois LiberalismRobert J. Antonio Part II. Society and Social Structure 7. Contemporary Capitalism and The Distribution of Power in SocietyJohn Scott 8. Weberian Social Theory: Rationalization in a Globalized WorldRalph Schroeder 9. Max Weber, Civil Society, and PartisanshipSung Ho Kim 10. Nation, Nation-State, and NationalismJohn Breuilly 11. The Weberian City, Civil Society, and Turkish Social ThoughtLütfi Sunar Part III: Politics and the State 12. The Modern State and its Monopoly on ViolenceAndreas Anter 13. The Relevance of Weber's Conception and Typology of HerrschaftStefan Breuer 14. The Supra-National Dimension in Max Weber's Vision of PoliticsKari Palonen 15. Plebiscitary Politics and the Threats to LegalityClaudius Härpfer 16. Politics and Ethics, and the Ethic of PoliticsHans Henrik Bruun Part IV: Religion 17. Max Weber's Ethics for the Modern WorldPeter Ghosh 18. Max Weber and the Late Modernization of CatholicismRosario Forlenza and Bryan Turner 19. The "Disenchantment of the World" or Why We Can No Longer Use the Formula As Max Weber Might Have IntendedKenichi Mishima 20. Weber's China: Confucianism and VernacularScott Lash 21. Class, Caste, and Social Stratification in India: Weberian LegacyHira Singh 22. Including IslamStefan Leder 23. The Study of Ancient Israel and its Relevance for Contemporary PoliticsEduardo Weisz Part V: Culture 24. The Rationalizations of Culture and Their DirectionsThomas Kemple 25. Max Weber and the Sociology of MusicBrandon Konoval 26. Contemporary Life Conduct and Existential CulturesBarbara Thériault 27. From Occidental Rationalism to Multiple ModernitiesJohann P. Arnason 28. Max Weber and the Idea of the OccidentJoshua Derman Part VI: Science and Knowledge 29. Intellectuals, Scholars, and the Value of ScienceGangolf Hübinger 30. The Iron Cage in the Information AgeJos C. N. Raadschelders 31. Causation, Value Judgments, VerstehenStephen P. Turner 32. Realism and Reality in Max WeberSérgio da Mata