Between Scylla and Charybdis: Reinhard Bendix on theory, concepts and comparison in Max Weber's historical sociology

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 25-51

  Caldwell, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Historical explanation; Ideal types; Modernity; Talcott Parsons; Universal concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244287150     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695102015003166     Document Type: Article

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