Was Max Weber a Selectionist in Spite of Himself?

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-32

  Runciman, W G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capitalism; Confucianism; evolution; Protestantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990318080     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14687950122232486     Document Type: Article

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