10. The Rule of the Father: Patriarchy and Patrimonialism in Early Modern Europe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Contextual and Textual Background
7. 1. Max Weber, Scion of the Cosmopolitan Bourgeoisie: Historical Context and Present-Day Relevance 31
8. 2. Economy and Society and the Revision of Weber’s Ethics 47
9. 3. Max Weber’s “Grand Sociology”: The Origins and Composition of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Soziologie 70
10. Part II The Textual Core
11. 4. The Continuing Challenge of Weber’s Theory of Rational Action 101
12. 5. Max Weber’s Economic Sociology: The Centerpiece of Economy and Society? 127
13. 6. Democracy, Domination, and Legitimacy in Max Weber’s Political Thought 143
14. 7. Religious Communities and the Path to Disenchantment: The Origins, Sources, and Theoretical Core of the Religion Section 164
15. Part III Critical Perspectives
16. 8. Beyond Weberian Action Theory 185
17. 9. The Shadow of Exploitation in Weber’s Class Analysis 204
18. 10. The Rule of the Father: Patriarchy and Patrimonialism in Early Modern Europe 237
19. 11. The Protestant Ethic and the Bureaucratic Revolution: Ascetic Protestantism and Administrative Rationalization in Early Modern Europe 267
20. 12. Weber and the Sociology of Revolution 297
21. 13. The Disenchantment of Logically Formal Legal Rationality: Or, Max Weber’s Sociology in the Genealogy of the Contemporary Mode of Western Legal Thought 322
22. 14. Max Weber and the Origin of Human Rights: A Study of Cultural Innovation 366
23. About the Contributors 383
24. Index 387