The most profound and enduring social theorist of sociology's classical period, Max Weber speaks as cogently to concerns of the new century as he did to those of the past. In Max Weber and the New Century, Alan Sica demonstrated Weber's preeminent position and lasting vitality within social theory by

Kurasawa (sociology, York U., Toronto) suggests what he calls the ethnological imagination as one of the possible routes out of the impasse created by the apparent exhaustion or inadequacy of Western social theory to deal with cross-cultural thinking, which becomes ever more urgent in light of increasing cultural pluralism and

Durch neun spannende Beitr�ge zu Themen des Verh�ltnisses von jeweils einem besonderen Gegenstand der Kultur und einer "Zeit" bzw. einer Gesellschaft wird deutlich, dass die Zeit der "Vogelperspektiven" vorbei ist. Hier werden Analysen "aus der N�he" geboten, die deutlich zeigen, welche Bedeutung Kulturstudien haben k�nnen, um einen ganz neuen Zugang

Books about Scholarship and Partisanship

Over the centuries, the question of "good" or "effective" governance has undergone several transformations and ramifications to fit within certain social, cultural and historical contexts. What defines political knowledge? What is the measure of expert political leadership? Various interpretations, perspectives, and re-conceptualizations emerge as one moves from Plato to the