A Weberian Perspective on Home, Nature and Sport

This book extends Max Weber's theory of the value-spheres of modernity into wholly new areas, showing that the addition of home, nature and sport to Weber's own list of five spheres (economic, scientific/intellectual, political/legal, erotic and aesthetic) yields original insights into these aspects of modernity and modernity itself.

Michael Symonds is Adjunct Fellow with the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the author of Max Weber's Theory of Modernity and The Appeal of Art in Modernity.

1. Introduction: An Invitation Part 1: The Weberian Perspective 2. Meaning and the Value-Spheres of Modernity 3. Brotherly Love and the Guilt of Modernity Part 2: The Additional Value-Spheres 4. Home 5. Nature 6. Sport