Understanding Max Weber`s contribution to social theory is vital for students and scholars of social science. This insightful text offers critical discussion of Weber`s ideas, focusing on their uses - how they have been appropriated and applied to contemporary events. Written by one of the world`s leading Weber scholars, this is an essential read.

Table of Contents
1. Weber and His Legacy
2. Historical and Cultural Analysis
3. The Theory of Social Action
4. Orders, Structures, Institutions
5. Paths to the Modern World6. Weberian Social Theory and the Future

Author:
Lawrence Scaff is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Wayne State University, USA. He is one of the world`s leading scholars of Max Weber and has published many books on his works, including Max Weber in America (2011).