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Contents<br />

List of figures viii<br />

Acknowledgements ix<br />

Abbreviations x<br />

Introduction 1<br />

1 <strong>Weber</strong> before <strong>Weber</strong>ian sociology, revisited 11<br />

2 Capitalism in contemporary debates: Sombart, <strong>Weber</strong><br />

and Simmel 29<br />

3 The Protestant Ethic and the ‘Spirit’ of Capitalism 48<br />

4 ‘Wissenschaftslehre’ 73<br />

5 The reluctant sociologist: from the Protestant ethic<br />

to the Grundriss der Sozialökonomik 116<br />

6 The Sociology of Religion 156<br />

7 Going beyond <strong>Weber</strong> 193<br />

8 Power, legitimacy and democracy 220<br />

9 Sociological categories and the types of economic<br />

activity: a final account 247<br />

Notes 271<br />

Index 291

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