Max Weber

Max Weber's Protestant Ethic: Do Protestants Work More?

by Uzair Mughal

"This paper uses a 1975-76 Time Use Study to explore Max Weber’s claim that Protestants work more than... more "This paper uses a 1975-76 Time Use Study to explore Max Weber’s claim that Protestants work more than non-Protestants holds true in the given dataset. We used the data available from four days of time diaries kept by 1519 households which had details like total work time, sleep time and whether Protestant or not. Our tests show that Weber’s famed “Protestant Ethic” holds true in this case. There is a positive correlation between Protestantism and total work time, which is economically and statistically significant."

Die Erfindung der Ehre. Die Exotisierung und Archaisierung von Ehrvorstellungen in der europäischen Beduinenromantik des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts

by Felix Wiedemann

In: Sylvia Kesper-Biermann/ Ulrike Ludwig/ Alexandra Ortmann (Hrsg.), Ehre und Recht: Ehrkonzepte, Ehrverletzungen und Ehrverteidigungen vom späten Mittelalter bis zur Moderne, Magdeburg 2011, S. 59-74.

Las dos caras de la administración racional burocrática en la obra de Max Weber: racionalización, dominación y democracia

by Eloisa del Pino

Ciencias Sociales, 19, 49- 93. (WITH CESAR COLINO).

Escrutando en la abundante, fragmentaría y a menudo escasamente sistemática obra de Weber, así como en la de sus... more Escrutando en la abundante, fragmentaría y a menudo escasamente sistemática obra de Weber, así como en la de sus analistas y críticos en diversas lenguas, los autores siguen la pista de! tema de la burocracia, una de las piezas centrales de toda la argumentación weberiana, resultado y motor del proceso de racionalización de las sociedades occidentales. Una diversidad de niveles analíticos y de grados de complejidad componen el tratamiento de esta temática; los autores nos presentan una visión ordenada y al mismo tiempo polémica de esta operación, cuyos alcances nos revelan la actualidad de la argumentación weberiana para la comprensión de la política en la modernidad.

« Disselkamp (Annette). – La sociologie et l’oubli du monde : retour sur les fondements d’une discipline », Revue française de sociologie, n°51, Vol.1, mars 2010.

by Martin Deleixhe

Von den Tugenden sozialwissenschaftlichen Wissens Max Weber und der evangelische Kongress

by Nico Stehr

published in Sociologia Internationalis 1989

Miduri, M.C. 2009. 'Il "disincanto del mondo". La scomparsa del Sacro nella prima età moderna'

by Maria Chiara Miduri

Honors Essay written for MA course in Modern History & History of Modern Political Thought, University of Turin. citation: Miduri, M.C. 2009. 'Il "disincanto del mondo". La scomparsa del Sacro nella prima età moderna', Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Torino, A.A. 2008-2009, ms.

A Quest for Universalism

by Daniel Chernilo

On the relationships between social theory and natural law: lessons from Karl Löwith and Leo Strauss

by Daniel Chernilo

Kalvinizm, Weber ve İslam Fundamentalizmi

by Ruud Peters

TURKISH TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS IN ISTANBUL: GLOBALIZATION, COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE EMERGING ELITE

by Deniz Ilhan

“Turkish Transnational Business Professionals in Istanbul: Globalization, Cosmopolitanism and the Emerging Elite,” a thesis prepared by Deniz İlhan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree from the Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History of Boğaziçi University.

This paper has been approved on 18 October 2010.

  The neo-liberal economic transformation that was initiated in post-1980s Turkey has produced a Turkey in the... more   The neo-liberal economic transformation that was initiated in post-1980s Turkey has produced a Turkey in the 2000s that has been integrated to the global economy through processes such as the liberalization of the markets, privatization and opening to transnational economic actors and financial instruments. In this manner, starting from the 1990s, the increase, growth and expansion of foreign and multinational corporations in Istanbul has made possible the emergence of new business people, who are more connected to the globe in their daily lives.
  These business people constitute a portion of a globally available population that has drawn the attention of academic and non-academic circles throughout the globe from 80’s onwards. In the international sociological literature, this population is regarded as the “transnational elite” of the global era and their members are described as people who are embedded in exclusive transnational social networks, who are globally mobile, who share a global business culture and as people who have exclusive consumption practices.
  As for the field research of this thesis, middle and high-ranking business professionals who are employed in foreign and multinational corporations in Istanbul which operate on regional/global levels were interviewed in-depth. In the thesis, these subjects are problematized as political and cultural members of localities and communities that straddle between the local and the global. Within the scope of the interviews, social relations and imaginations of these subjects were discussed through their personal histories and narratives regarding their “selves.” Moreover, their personal opinions regarding contemporary socio-political issues at different geographical levels were discussed.
  The aim of the thesis is to contextualize these subjects as national members of the secular Turkish elite and as the transnational members of the transnational professional elite. In this regard, it was discussed whether transnational exposure and experience contribute to the cultivation of cosmopolitan dispositions in regards to the public sphere. It has been observed that the use of socio-political typologies such as “white Turks,” “neo-Kemalists,” “Yuppies” that emphasize socio-political elitism/ indifference/hostility – although may proficiently describe many Turkish elite positions - oversees pluralist and egalitarian tendencies that can be cultivated within elite circles due to translocal interaction and exposure.

SOCIEDAD CIVIL: DE LA DISCIPLINARIZACIÓN A LA NOMADOLOGÍA

by Diego Fernando Silva Prada

Enchantment after Entzauberung

by Jonathan Sozek

Draft, December 2011

It is argued that the standard English translation of Max Weber’s ‘die Entzauberung der Welt’ as ‘the disenchantment... more It is argued that the standard English translation of Max Weber’s ‘die Entzauberung der Welt’ as ‘the disenchantment of the world’ is misleading in several respects, and has produced certain confusions in recent conversations about ’re-enchanting’ the world. First by examining the etymologies of the key terms in these phrases (‘Entzauberung’ and ‘disenchantment’), then by offering some speculations concerning the provenance of Weber’s phrase (in Schiller, or elsewhere) and finally by engaging the strikingly few employments of the term ‘Entzauberung’ in Weber’s major works, it is concluded that talk about ‘enchanting’ the world (in ways local, provisional and ontologically ‘weak’) ought to be encouraged, while talk about ‘re-enchanting’ the world (in ways ontologically ‘stronger’ and more permanent) ought to be proscribed. We can and must have ‘enchantment’ after Entzauberung, then, but never, except at our peril, ‘re-enchantment’. [17 pages]

• Durepos, Gabie, Mills, Albert J., and Weatherbee, Terrance (2011)` Theorizing the Past: Realism, Relativism, Relationalism and the Reassembly of Weber.’ Proceedings of the 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, July, Naples.

by Albert J. Mills

• Mills, Albert J., Weatherbee, Terrance G., and Durepos, Gabrielle (2011) `Resembling Weber: The past-as-history in Management and Organization Studies,’ Proceedings of the EGOS conference, Gotenburg, July.

by Albert J. Mills

Kulturelle Werte als sozio-ökonomische Gestalter (shareholder vs stakeholder Kapitalismus)

by Felix Abrudan

University seminar paper

Éris e o ethos religioso: o conceito contemporâneo de religião em Florianópolis

by Peterson Silva

Co-autora: Maria de Fátima Goulart Capela

Neste trabalho procuramos compreender o atual conceito de religião em Florianópolis tendo em mente o discordianismo.... more Neste trabalho procuramos compreender o atual conceito de religião em Florianópolis tendo em mente o discordianismo. Pesquisamos o conceito de religião e suas transformações ao longo da história, além de pontos de vista acadêmicos recentes sobre o tema. Mostramos a influência do modo de vida contemporâneo na forma como se pode ver a religião, e apresentamos o discordianismo, seus principais conceitos, mitos e valores. Realizamos entrevistas semi-direcionadas para tentar compreender o conceito de religião entre os entrevistados e analisamos os resultados das entrevistas de maneira a linear tal conceito. Utilizamos como norte teórico não apenas o discordianismo como ferramenta de contraste que, no contexto da entrevista e da análise de seus resultados, nos permite um aprofundamento do debate em torno do conceito que buscamos, mas também Max Weber e sua sociologia compreensiva. Concluímos que o conceito de religião, para os entrevistados, envolve os conceitos de autoridade, instituição e liderança moral, embora coexistam certas características próprias da pós-modernidade na conceitualização do termo.

La natura limitata della razionalità politica nel pensiero di Max Weber.

by Lucia Pozzi

«Dianoia», vol. XI (2006), pp. 243-271.

In according to the movement that characterizes the spheres of action – as Weber pointed out in the... more In according to the movement that characterizes the spheres of action – as Weber pointed out in the Zwischenbetrachtung –, the modern political space evolves towards a formal rationality. Politics develops itself by increasing the efficiency of the means without producing rational political goals. The problem with the social order lies in the contradiction between the needs of the legitimacy, from the point of view of the governed, and the formal structure of the legality. There is not any external criterion to make political decisions except the particular point of view of the government itself. Thus there remains in the modern world a lack of sense that threatens politics.

Delusions of Agency

by Chris Fleming

Published in the book "Freedom and Confinement in Modernity" (New York: Palgrave, 2011).

A Modern Itinerary

by Chris Fleming

Published in "Compass."

“Sua sponte facere”: The Problem of Legitimacy of the Unauthorized Contiones in Rome under the Republic

by Roman Frolov

published in: "The Traditional Mediterranean: Essays from the Ancient to the Early Modern Era" / Ed. by Jayoung Che, Nicholas C. J. Pappas. Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research History Research Unit; Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Pusan University of Foreign Studies, 2011, pp. 187-196. ISBN 978-960-9549-21-9

The paper considers one of the types of the Roman republican non-decision-making public meetings (contiones). Over a... more The paper considers one of the types of the Roman republican non-decision-making public meetings (contiones). Over a long period of time the issue had not been systematically examined by scholars, until F. Pina Polo published a monograph about contiones in 1988. However he does not believe that the contio, not summoned by a magistrate, was a political institution. The main argument for such view is that unsanctioned contiones were regarded in Roman public law as illegitimate. In this paper it is proved that this type of contiones was held in accordance with customs and laws, as may be deduced not only from particular accounts of narrative sources, but also from legal sources. Unsanctioned contio could be dismissed (if it could) only by appealing to it, which implied its being recognized as sanctioned. The fact that the XII Tables forbid only night-time unsanctioned gatherings (coetus nocturni) means that other such gatherings were not illegal. The sources do not show any other restrictions concerning unsanctioned (not initiated by magistrates) gatherings till 44 B.C. Though assemblies in question were gradually restricted by the law, the process became intense only in the late Republican period; under the Empire unsanctioned contiones were completely forbidden. It is concluded that in the Republican time unsanctioned contiones functioned as established, important and recognized social and political institution as well as official contiones summoned and headed by a magistrate. Unauthorized contiones ensured a legal dialogue between the elite and the masses and helped to develop the principle of representation in the system of Roman public law.