Taking Max Weber’s interpretations of capitalism and religion as its point of departure, Weber and the Persistence of Religion re-examines a wide range of classical and contemporary texts, including Immanuel Kant, Foucault and Jean Baudrillard, to help explain the peculiar character of religion and spirituality in mature capitalist societies.
This book shows how the peculiar disembodied character of contemporary spirituality and religion, along with the disenchanted character of public life, may be formally related to the increasingly disembodied, immaterial character of value in capitalist societies. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Social Theory, History, the Sociology of Religion and Philosophy.
Taking Max Weber’s interpretations of capitalism and religion as its point of departure, Weber and the Persistence of Religion re-examines a wide range of classical and contemporary texts, including Immanuel Kant, Foucault and Jean Baudrillard, to help explain the peculiar character of religion and spirituality in mature capitalist societies.
This book shows how the peculiar disembodied character of contemporary spirituality and religion, along with the disenchanted character of public life, may be formally related to the increasingly disembodied, immaterial character of value in capitalist societies. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Social Theory, History, the Sociology of Religion and Philosophy.
Weber and the Persistence of Religion: Social Theory, Capitalism and the Sublime
160
Weber and the Persistence of Religion: Social Theory, Capitalism and the Sublime
160Hardcover(ANN)
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415343527 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 05/11/2006 |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
| Edition description: | ANN |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |