Antiquity and Capitalism: Max Weber and the Sociological Foundations of Roman Civilization

ISBN-13: 9780415755481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 348 str.

John R. Love

Opis

This ambitious book addresses questions concerning an old theme - the rise and fall of ancient civilization - but does so from a distinctive theoretical perspective by taking its lead from the work of the great German sociologist Max Weber.

Spis treści

Part I Antiquity and historical sociology 1 Max Weber and the theory of ancient capitalism Part II Max Weber and modern scholarship 2 On the economic character of the ancient agricultural estate: Oikos or enterprise? 3 ‘lndustrial production’ and the economic use of slave labour 4 The economic significance of ancient trade 5 The role of state contracting and the societates publicanorum Part III Capitalism and the fate of Roman civilization 6 The nature of the market and the significance of capitalism in Roman antiquity 7 Why rational capitalism was not established in antiquity

O autorze

John R. Love