Max Weber's writings in The Sociology of Religion are today acknowledged as a classic of the social sciences in the twentieth century. They are key texts for understanding Weber s central sociological concepts concerning Western and Eastern civilisations . This book argues that the concept and problematic of personality plays a pivotal role within these works. Providing a detailed reconstruction of this concept within Weber s systematic studies of world religions as well as throughout his methodological and political writings, this book shows its complex development within three strictly related problematics associated with Weber s influential comparative historical sociology and theory of social action individuation, politics and orientalism. Together they shape and constitute what is distinctive in Max Weber s theory of personality."

The popular nineteenth century British novelist shares his experiences visiting the United States in 1842, and offers his observations on American government and society