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ISBN: | 9780226720067 0226720063 9780226720043 0226720047 9780226720050 0226720055 0226720047 0226720055 1282679260 9781282679269 9786612679261 6612679263
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | Max Weber was one of the most influential and creative intellectual forces of the twentieth century. In his methodology of the social sciences, he both exposed the flaws and solidified the foundations of the German historical tradition. Throughout his life, he saw bureaucracy as a serious obstacle to cultural vitality but as an inescapable part of organizational rationality. And in his most famous essay, on the Protestant ethic, he uncovered the psychological underpinnings of capitalism and modern occupational life. This searching work offers the first comprehensive introduction to Weber's thou.
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Other form: | Print version: Ringer, Fritz K., 1934- Max Weber. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004 9780226720043
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Standard no.: | 9780226720043
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