Randall Collins grew up in country New South Wales before moving to Wollongong to begin working with BHP at its Port Kembla steelworks as electrical engineering cadet. He spent more than 17 years in various departments before leaving and crossing the continent to live in Perth, Western Australia. For the last 17 years, he has worked with identification systems. He now lives in Rockingham, South of Perth, with his family and enjoys the coastal lifestyle that the city offers.
Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. Economics: 2. Weber's last theory of capitalism
3. The Weberian revolution of the High Middle Ages
4. A theory of technology
5. Weber and Schumpeter: toward a general sociology of capitalism
Part II. Politics: 6. Imperialism and legitimacy: Weber's theory of politics
7. Modern technology and geopolitics
8. The future decline of the Russian Empire
Part III. Culture: 9. Heresy, religious and secular
10. Alienation as ritual and ideology
Part IV. Sex: 11. Weber's theory of the family
12. Courtly politics and the status of women
References
Index.
