I chose the book Max Weber: A Critical Introduction by Kieran Allen. This book was published on June 20, 2004, and the publisher is the Pluto press. I picked this book because I wanted to find out how Asia hadn’t developed quicker than the United States. This book talks about the history of Max Weber and how his thoughts affected our society from the past to the present. I find out the start of capitalism, socialism, and bureaucracy.
Weber was more concerned about the theme of modernization as well as the nature of power. While Allen argues how committed Weber was with pro-capitalist and nationalistic beliefs. Within this book, Allen incorporates his argument of “Why didn’t Asia Develop” with Weber’s sociological beliefs with pro-capitalist …show more content…
Allen wants to convey the reader his argument that doesn’t follow Weber’s sociology. Additionally, Allen uses a shrill tone to criticize Weber’s work as well as to support his own idea. Ultimately, this book is a combination of Weber’s earlier pieces of work but focuses on Allen’s argument against his ideas.
This book is considered more factual, although in the introduction it starts off with the story of the start of sociology. Afterwards, Allen introduces Marx and Weber’s contributions to sociology, to his argument towards Weber. Each chapter, Allen points out the details that he goes against with Weber’s thoughts/ideas of modernization. In particular, Allen uses politics to emphasize his argument, since Weber separates sociological ideals with his political ideals. Through exploring the different works of Weber, Max Weber: A Critical Introduction creates an interesting argument from a political …show more content…
The United States may be a classless society, but the stratification stems from lack of equal opportunity. Weber had a comment of “the powerful party in the market…, has the possibility to set the terms”(pg.82), making it difficult to move up in opportunities. Just like the social class, the more higher ranked job people have, the more power they control. Weber in fact also issues the fact that “in the marketplace, the wealthy are able to use their position to increase their power in the price struggle with those who being propertyless, have nothing to offer but their
Weber was more concerned about the theme of modernization as well as the nature of power. While Allen argues how committed Weber was with pro-capitalist and nationalistic beliefs. Within this book, Allen incorporates his argument of “Why didn’t Asia Develop” with Weber’s sociological beliefs with pro-capitalist …show more content…
Allen wants to convey the reader his argument that doesn’t follow Weber’s sociology. Additionally, Allen uses a shrill tone to criticize Weber’s work as well as to support his own idea. Ultimately, this book is a combination of Weber’s earlier pieces of work but focuses on Allen’s argument against his ideas.
This book is considered more factual, although in the introduction it starts off with the story of the start of sociology. Afterwards, Allen introduces Marx and Weber’s contributions to sociology, to his argument towards Weber. Each chapter, Allen points out the details that he goes against with Weber’s thoughts/ideas of modernization. In particular, Allen uses politics to emphasize his argument, since Weber separates sociological ideals with his political ideals. Through exploring the different works of Weber, Max Weber: A Critical Introduction creates an interesting argument from a political …show more content…
The United States may be a classless society, but the stratification stems from lack of equal opportunity. Weber had a comment of “the powerful party in the market…, has the possibility to set the terms”(pg.82), making it difficult to move up in opportunities. Just like the social class, the more higher ranked job people have, the more power they control. Weber in fact also issues the fact that “in the marketplace, the wealthy are able to use their position to increase their power in the price struggle with those who being propertyless, have nothing to offer but their