On Charisma and Institution Building: Selected Writings

by Max Weber and S.N. Eisenstadt

Book Overview

This selection from Max Weber's writings presents his variegated work from one central focus, the relationship between charisma on the one hand, and the process of institution building in the major fields of the social order such as politics, law, economy, and culture and religion on the other. That the concept of charisma is crucially important for understanding the processes of institution building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226877248
• ISBN13: 9780226877242
• Release Date: December 1968
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A masterful interpretation

Eisenstadt's edition, comprising some of Weber's most famous essays on charisma and routinization and a stellar introduction, is one of the best points of entry into Weber's work out there. Along with Bendix, Shils, Schluchter, and Parsons (to a lesser degree), Eisenstadt is one of the most learned and systematic interpreters of Weber and an insightful sociologist in his own right. His introduction, which takes up a sizeable portion of the book, synthesizes and makes explicit some of the many possible connections available in the text, and is an excellent resource in and of itself.