The gods of institutional life: Weber’s value spheres and the practice of polytheism

Weber's theory of value spheres outlines a project of institutional polytheism, each ordered around a ‘god’. This suggests not only that social theory can build a religious sociology, but that a theory of institutions must be an exercise in comparative religions. Weber's comparative sociol...

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Main Author: Friedland, Roger 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2013]
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-24
Further subjects:B Hybridity
B Caliban
B contact zones
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