Book review: the books that inspired Arjun Appadurai: “I expect Max Weber’s The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism to be my companion for many more years to come”

Appadurai, Arjun (2012) Book review: the books that inspired Arjun Appadurai: “I expect Max Weber’s The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism to be my companion for many more years to come”. LSE Review of Books (29 Apr 2012). Website.

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Arjun Appadurai is a prominent contemporary social-cultural anthropologist who has contributed significantly to the field of globalisation studies. Arjun shares how Max Weber’s work still takes his breath away, and he also recommends a path-breaking study of the relationship between language, history and socio-cultural change in Tamil South India.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2012 14:07
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 18:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44616

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