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050 0 0 _aBL51
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100 1 _ad'Avray, D. L.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRationalities in History :
_bA Weberian Essay in Comparison /
_cD. L. d'Avray.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (224 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aIn Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray writes a new comparative history in the spirit of Max Weber. In a strikingly original reassessment of seminal Weberian ideas, d'Avray applies value rationality to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law. Integrating theories of rational choice, anthropological reflections on relativism, and the recent philosophy of rationality with Weber's conceptual framework, d'Avray seeks to disengage 'rationalisation' from its enduring association with Western 'modernity'. This mode of analysis is contextualised through the examples of Buddhism, Imperial China and sixteenth-century Catholicism - in the latter case building upon unpublished archival research. This ambitious synthesis of social theory and comparative history will engage social scientists and historians from advanced undergraduate level upwards, stimulating interdisciplinary discourse, and making a significant contribution to the methodology of history. D'Avray explores the potential of this new Weberian analysis further in his companion volume, Medieval Religious Rationalities.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521199209
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762758
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
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999 _c38185
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