About the Book

This book contains some of Weber’s most trenchant essays on sociology and economic issues. Many of these have been translated for this volume and include: “The Concept of Social Action” “Power, Authority, and Imperative Control” “Bureaucratic Authority” “The Distribution of Power within the Political Community” “The Chinese Literati” “The Origins of Modern Capitalism” “Judaism, Christianity, and the Socioeconomic Order” “Definition of Sociology” “Ideal-Type Constructs” “Science as a Vocation” and other essays.

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About the Author / Editor

Editor: Wolf Heydebrand, Institute for Law and Society, New York University.

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