Several modern memoirs, novels and plays grapple with death in secular societies, where traditional beliefs in an afterlife or divine plan are absent. These works confront death as a final, often ...

In this volume, Mr Runciman has selected extracts, from Max Weber's writings which reflect ... capitalism and the scope and limits of social science itself. He has also included some shorter extracts ...

Find out more about available formats and browse any associated online resources. Max Weber (1864-1920), generally known as a founder of modern social science, was concerned with political affairs ...