韦伯晚期社会学:缘起、结构与议题

Weber’s Late Sociology:Origin,Structure and Issues

韦伯晚期社会学是韦伯学术思想的重要组成部分。韦伯晚期社会学有其个人生活史和学术史的缘起,经由世界宗教的经济伦理研究,韦伯将有关宗教与社会的关系讨论置于更广阔的文明史比较中,并由此追问西方理性主义的特色。韦伯晚期两部未完成的著作《宗教社会学论文集》和《经济与社会》构成了结构上的互补关系。总的来说,这两部著作从政治、经济、社会和宗教四个角度指出了韦伯晚期社会学的核心问题和基本议题,理清这些关系议题有助于呈现韦伯在社会学初创时代的经典形象。

Weber’s late sociology constitutes an important part in understanding the development of Weber’s aca-demic thought.Weber’s late sociology has its own personal life history and academic history.His two unfin-ished important works,the Anthology of Sociology of ReligionandEconomy and Society,constitute a comple-mentary relationship.Generally speaking,these two works point out the core issues and basic topics ofWeber’s works from four perspectives:politics,economy,society and religion.Clarifying these issues willhelp to present Weber’s classic image in the early stage of sociology.