Books by Wolfgang Schluchter

Today it is assumed that we understand contemporary nationalism and nation-building

Max Weber and Islam is a major effort by Islamic-studies specialists to reexamine and appraise Max Weber's perspectives on Islam and its historical development

This volume addresses cultural and political practices not only from outside the European and American spheres, but also over long periods of time in which the internal dynamics of other civilizations become visible. It uses a broad range of empirical materials.

Western rationalism - nature, of course, and genesis - was Max Weber's dominant historical interest. It was the grand theme of his two world historical studies, Economy and Society and The Economic Ethics of the World Religions. This book presents the systematic analysis and elaboration of Weber's sociology as a developmental history of the West.

This is a major effort by Islamic studies specialists to reexamine and appraise Max Weber's perspectives on Islam and its historical development. It explores many dimensions of Weber's comments on Islam, along with Weber's conceptual framework.