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| Author(s): |
Tamara Grigorowitschs
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2012-06-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernando Antonio Pinheiro Filho;
Gabriel Cohn;
Sérgio Ricardo da Mata;
Brasilio Joao Sallum Junior;
Frederic Vandenberghe
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| Advisor: | Fernando Antonio Pinheiro Filho |
| Abstract | |
Since the publication of the third version of Agrarverhältnisse im Altertum (The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations, 1909), the concept of capitalism plays an essential role in the analysis of the ancient economy in Max Weber\'s writings. On the one hand, the classification of the ancient economy as capitalist depends on the understanding of its uniqueness. On the other hand, as the bearer of a special kind of capitalist system, the ancient world\'s economy offers a counterpoint to the modern economy. This thesis assumes that Weber has worked in his researches on the ancient economy at two different levels of abstraction, which include distinct types of capitalism; the passage from one abstraction level to another is the basis of the comparison between ancient and modern economy, and allows Weber to better define the concept \"modern capitalism\", in its rational dimension. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/07653-9 - A different spirit, a different capitalism: the role of the ancient economy in Max Weber's capitalism typology |
| Grantee: | Tamara Grigorowitschs |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |