Economy and society

The definitive new translation of Max WeberÕs classic work of social theory_arguably the most important book by the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century.

Max WeberÕs Economy and Society is the foundational text for the social sciences of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, presenting a framework for understanding the relations among individual action, social action, economic action, and economic institutions. It also provides a classification of political forms based upon Òsystems of ruleÓ and ÒrulershipÓ that has shaped debate about the nature and role of charisma, tradition, legal authority, and bureaucracy.

Keith TribeÕs major new translation presents Economy and Society as it stood when Weber died in June 1920, with three complete chapters and a fragment of a fourth. One of the English-speaking worldÕs leading experts on WeberÕs thought, Tribe has produced a uniquely clear and faithful translation that balances accuracy with readability. He adds to this a substantial introduction and commentary that reflect the new Weber scholarship of the past few decades.

This new edition will become the definitive translation of one of the few indisputably great intellectual works of the past 150 years.