1st Edition

Antiquity and Capitalism Max Weber and the Sociological Foundations of Roman Civilization

By John R. Love Copyright 1991
    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    This ambitious book addresses questions concerning an old theme - the rise and fall of ancient civilization - but does so from a distinctive theoretical perspective by taking its lead from the work of the great German sociologist Max Weber.

    Part I Antiquity and historical sociology 1 Max Weber and the theory of ancient capitalism Part II Max Weber and modern scholarship 2 On the economic character of the ancient agricultural estate: Oikos or enterprise? 3 ‘lndustrial production’ and the economic use of slave labour 4 The economic significance of ancient trade 5 The role of state contracting and the societates publicanorum Part III Capitalism and the fate of Roman civilization 6 The nature of the market and the significance of capitalism in Roman antiquity 7 Why rational capitalism was not established in antiquity

    Biography

    John R. Love