The Economic Ethics of World Religions and their Laws : An Introduction to Max Weber's Comparative Sociology

Based on analyses of the essays written by Max Weber on China, India, ancient Judaism and also on the dispersed material about Islam, Eastern Christianity and Occidental Christianity, this book examines the economic ethics of Asian and Christian traditions and their corresponding legal systems. Draw...

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Main Author: Buss, Andreas (auth)
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Published: 2015
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