The Max Weber Dictionary - Stanford University Press

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The Max Weber Dictionary
Key Words and Central Concepts
Richard Swedberg
“What an impressive undertaking! This will be an important resource to anyone
interested in Max Weber's work for years to come.”
—Mustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“The Weber dictionary will be an indispensable source of reference for social scientists.
It will contribute to a much better grasp of Weber's extensive writings.”
—Sam Whimster, editor of the Journal for Max Weber Studies
Max Weber is one of the world’s most important social scientists, and one of the most
notoriously difficult to understand. This dictionary, the first of its kind, will aid the
reader in understanding Weber’s work. Every entry contains a basic definition of the key
word in question, examples of and references to the word in Weber’s writing, and
important secondary literature on the topic.
More than an elementary dictionary, however, this work makes a contribution to the
general culture and legacy of Weber’s work. The dictionary also contains extensive
entries for a number of broader concepts and topics important throughout Weber’s work,
including law, politics, and religion. Every entry in the dictionary has been conceived as
an entry into Weber’s scholarship, as a point of departure in discussion and research. As
such, this book will be an invaluable resource to general readers, students, and scholars
alike.

Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Known primarily for
his work in economic sociology, his publications include The Handbook of Economic
Sociology and Sociology of Economic Life. He is also the author of Max Weber and the
Idea of Economic Sociology.
352 pp. To be published January 2005
$55.00 (cloth) 0-8047-5094-7
$22.95 (paper) 0-8047-5095-5
For further information or to contact the author, please contact Emily Berk by telephone
at (650) 725-0822 or by email at eberk@stanford.edu.