You know, it is not like the scholarly literature on Max Weber is small. And although most social scientists have worked through some of his stuff at some time or another not all of them are as interested in his work as I am. But even with that said, when Amazon.com sends you an email telling you they have a new book about Weber that they think you might enjoy my general impulse is to run far, far away. This time, however, they got me pegged. “Weber, Passion, and Profits: The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism in Context”:http://www.amazon.com/Weber-Passion-Profits-Protestant-Capitalism/dp/052189509X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product looks really fascinating, and “Barbalet’s research and publications”:http://www.jackbarbalet.com/index.php?page=current-research look even more interesting. I can’t wait to read some of the stuff on the Chinese diaspora. And talk about small worlds — he’s even taught at the UPNG. Looks like I have some reading to do!
Tags: intellectual history, profs, weber
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Small world indeed; while Jack was at UPNG, he became a good mate of Chris Gregory’s. Later, at ANU, Jack co-taught with anthropologists there. And those who know him will appreciate how apt Bryan Turner’s characterisation of the new book is likely to be when he speaks of it as “not only a work of immense scholarship but also a work of passion”.
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Sounds like you find the person behind the text. Even more useful that reading culture over someone’s shoulder. ;-)
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Heh — good point Alexandre!
And Don thanks for that — I will be sure to check it out now.
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I’m trying to track down the exact wording (in English) and the source of Weber’s dictum about ‘technicians without souls, managers without hearts’–something to that effect. Any photographic memories out there?
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Its the final passages of “Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” iirc.
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