Weber and Durkheim: A Methodological Comparison

by Henrik Jensen

Weber and A methodological comparison is a systematic, comparative analysis of the methodologies of Max Weber and Émile Durkheim. Jensen shows how Weber and Durkheim analyse Protestants and Catholics in practice in The Protestant Ethic and Suicide , respectively. The very different ways that Weber and Durkheim carry out their analyses are then used to describe, analyse and contrast their methodological principles and points of view, raising fundamental questions in sociological and social science analysis, such This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of sociology, social methodology, political theory, political science, social theory and philosophy.

134 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012