Rationalities in History
A Weberian Essay in Comparison
(Sprache: Englisch)
The distinguished historian David d'Avray applies seminal Weberian ideas to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law.
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The distinguished historian David d'Avray applies seminal Weberian ideas to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law.
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In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray writes a new comparative history in the spirit of Max Weber. In a strikingly original reassessment of seminal Weberian ideas, d'Avray applies value rationality to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law. Integrating theories of rational choice, anthropological reflections on relativism, and the recent philosophy of rationality with Weber's conceptual framework, d'Avray seeks to disengage 'rationalisation' from its enduring association with Western 'modernity'. This mode of analysis is contextualised through the examples of Buddhism, Imperial China and sixteenth-century Catholicism - in the latter case building upon unpublished archival research. This ambitious synthesis of social theory and comparative history will engage social scientists and historians from advanced undergraduate level upwards, stimulating interdisciplinary discourse, and making a significant contribution to the methodology of history. D'Avray explores the potential of this new Weberian analysis further in his companion volume, Medieval Religious Rationalities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Rationalities in History “
Introduction1. Universal and specific rationalities
2. The structure of values and convictions
3. The dynamics of values and convictions
4. The value-instrumental interface
5. Formal rationality
6. The formal-substantive interface
Conclusions
Appendix: Rationalities in a case before the congregation of the council
Autoren-Porträt von D. L. D'Avray
D. L. d'Avray is Professor of Medieval History at University College London. A fellow of the British Academy since 2005, d'Avray has published widely on his research interests in medieval history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: D. L. D'Avray
- 226 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521128080
- ISBN-13: 9780521128087
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Historians are often cautious about theory; this book ought to persuade them they are wrong. David d'Avray puts Max Weber back at the centre of the historical project in a powerful study; we are all in his debt." -Christopher Wickham, University of Oxford "This is an unprecedentedly sophisticated reading of Weber on rationality. Through careful conceptual analysis and arresting examples from a range of different cultures, past and present, David d'Avray shows how Weber's 'ideal types', too often thought to be empirically and historically as well as analytically distinct, in fact combine to maintain and adapt a range of justifications in religion, law, economics, and politics. No-one interested in how people have reasoned should ignore it." -Geoffrey Hawthorn, University of Cambridge
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