Max Weber's Methodology: The Unification of the Cultural and Social Sciences

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Bridging humanities and social sciences through Weber.

If you're grappling with the complexities of interdisciplinary research or are simply intrigued by the marriage of cultural insights and sociological rigor, Ringer's exploration of Max Weber's methodology could be enlightening. Ringer not only makes Weber's intricate theories accessible but also demonstrates their contemporary relevance, making this book a thoughtful dive into understanding the synergy between different academic spheres.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Max Weber's Methodology: The Unification of the Cultural and Social Sciences

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ISBN: 9780674001831
Authors: Fritz K. Ringer
Date of Publication: 2000-03-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Sociology, Philosophy
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At a time when historical and cultural analyses are being subjected to all manner of ideological and disciplinary prodding and poking, the work of Max Weber, the brilliant social theorist and one of the most creative intellectual forces in the twentieth century, is especially relevant. In this significant study, Fritz Ringer offers a new approach to the work of Weber, interpreting his methodological writings in the context of the lively German intellectual debates of his day. According to Ringer, Weber was able to bridge the intellectual divide between humanistic interpretation and causal explanation in historical and cultural studies in a way that speaks directly to our own time, when methodological differences continue to impede fruitful cooperation between humanists and social scientists. In the place of the humanists' subjectivism and the social scientists' naturalism, Weber developed the flexible and realistic concepts of objective probability and adequate causation. Grounding technical theories in specific examples, Ringer has written an essential text for all students of Weber and of social theory in the humanities and social sciences. Fully reconstructed, Max Weber's methodological position in fact anticipated the most fruitful directions in our own contemporary philosophies of the cultural and social sciences. Ringer's conceptualization of Weber's approach and achievement elucidates Weber's reconciliation of interpretive understanding and causal explanation and shows its relevance to intellectual life and culture in Weber's own time and in ours as well.
 

Bridging humanities and social sciences through Weber.

If you're grappling with the complexities of interdisciplinary research or are simply intrigued by the marriage of cultural insights and sociological rigor, Ringer's exploration of Max Weber's methodology could be enlightening. Ringer not only makes Weber's intricate theories accessible but also demonstrates their contemporary relevance, making this book a thoughtful dive into understanding the synergy between different academic spheres.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.