The Oxford handbook of Max Weber - "Class, caste, and social stratification in India: Weberian legacy."
Hira Singh
Chapter in Edited Book, 2019
Singh, H. (2019). Class, caste, and social stratification in India: Weberian legacy. In E. Hanke, L. Scaff, & S. Whimster (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Max Weber (pp. 393–410). Oxford University Press.
Max Weber is one of the most important modern social theorists. Using his work as a point of departure, The Oxford Handbook of Max Weber investigates the Weberian legacy today, identifying the enduring problems and themes associated with his thought that have contemporary significance: the nature of modern capitalism, neoliberal global economic policy, nationalism, religion and secularization, threats to legality, the culture of modernity, bureaucratic rule and leadership, politics and ethics, the value of science, and power and inequality. These problems are global in scope, and the Weberian approach has been used to address them in very different societies. Thus, the handbook also features chapters on Europe, Turkey, Islam, Judaism, China, India, and international politics. The handbook emphasizes the use and application of Weber’s ideas. It offers a journey through the intellectual terrain that scholars continue to explore using the tools and perspectives of Weberian analysis.