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STEPHEN KALBERG December, 2016

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Boston, MA 02215(617)731-2221 (Home)

EMPLOYMENT

2014- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and

Core Curriculum, Boston University

2007-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

1996-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and

Core Curriculum

1992-1996Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and

Core Curriculum, Boston University

1991-1992Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston University

1990-1991Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Clark University

1989-1990Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston University

1988-1989Assistant Professor, Harvard University Summer School

1985-1993Part-Time Lecturer, Harvard University Extension (Spring 1985; 1987-1990; fall 1991; Spring 1993)

1980-1981Lecturer, Dept. of Indology and Comparative Religion, Universität

Tübingen

1978-1979Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Universität Trier

1977Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Universität Tübingen (Spring Semester)

EDUCATION

1978Ph.D., Sociology, State University New York at Stony Brook

1973-78Universität Tübingen (dissertation research and writing)

1973M.A., Sociology, State University New York at Stony Brook

1967B.A, History, University of Washington

1963-1964 Linfield College

PUBLICATIONS

Books

1994. Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology. Polity Press andThe University of Chicago Press. Jacket endorsement by Randall Collins. Nominated in April, 1995

by Randall Collins and George Ritzer for the ASA "Distinguished Publication Award";

Nominated Feb., 1996 by Randall Collins and Robt. J. Antonio for ASA Theory Section

"Theory Prize."

Japanese translation (Kyoto: Minerva Publishers, 1999)

German translation by Thomas Schwietrein (Opladen: Westdeutsche Publ., 2001)

French translation by Hervé Maury and Alain Caillé (Paris: Bibliothek du MAUSS; Sept., 2002)

Turkish translation (Ankara: Siyasal & Phoenix Publications), 2018

2002. (Translated and introduced). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Los Angeles: Roxbury. Third printing: 2003. Distributed outside the USA by

Blackwell Publishers.(Includes: Introduction to the Translation, Introduction to The Protestant Ethic, and Glossary).

Translated into Chinese by Xinguo Su and published by China Social Sciences Academic Press; Beijing, 2010

2005. (Editor) Max Weber: Readings and Commentary on Modernity.

Oxford: Blackwell Publishers (Includes: General Introduction and 11 Section introductions;

a Glossary and a Chronology of Weber's Life; approx. 50printed pages of newly

translated material. Almost all translations revised.)

2006. Max Weber Lesen (Reading Max Weber). Bielefeld: Transcript.Verlag.

Translated by Ursel Schäfer.

Earlier abridged version published in The Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, edited by G. Ritzer. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000).

Italian translation by Claudia Poggi, Leggere Max Weber (Rome: Il Mulino, 2008)

Spanish translation by Eduardo Weisz, Max Weber: Principales dimensions de su Obra (Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros, 2008)

Turkish translation by Bedri Gencer (Ankara: Lotus Publishers, 2009).

Portuguese translation by Vera Pereira, Max Weber: Uma Introducao (Sao Paolo: Zahar Publishers, 2010) (Interview with the author on Zahar website; June, 2010)

2009. (Translated, introduced, and edited.) Max Weber: 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' and Other Writings on the Rise of the West. New York: Oxford University Press (600 pp.).

Revised transl. of 2002 edition The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; addition of various writings by Weber on the rise of the West in comparative perspective. Includes: Introduction to the Translation, revised introduction to The Protestant Ethic, introductions to three sections;Chronology of Weber’s life and Glossary.

2010. Les Idees, Les Valeurs et Les Interets: Introduction a la Sociologie de Max Weber. Paris; La Decouverte. Preface by Alain Caillé and Philippe Chanial; translated by Philippe Chanial.

2011. (Translated and introduced.) The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. New

York: Oxford University Press. (Designed for classroom use; various user-friendly

improvements undertaken.)

2012. Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today: Major Themes, Modes of Analysis,

and Applications. London: Routledge.

Chinese translation by Xinguo Su. Shanghai People’s Publishing House; Shanghai, 2018.

2013. Searching the Spirit of American Democracy: Max Weber on a Unique Political Culture,

Past Present, and Future. London: Routledge.

French: translation by Philippe Chanial. Paris: Editions Le Bord de L'eau;

2014 ('book of the month' [Dec.] selection by the journal Revue du Mauss

Greek translation by Manusos Marangudakis. Athens: Propompos (2016)

Italian translation by Stefania Palmisano and Roberto Scalon (2017)

Japanese translation by Yuichi Moroi (2017)

Portuguese translation by Marcelo Maciel (2016)

Spanish translation by Yuri Contreras (2017)

Korean translation by Chul Hee Shin (2017)

Chinese translation by Xinguo Su (2019)

2013. Deutschland und Amerika aus der Sicht Max Webers. Translated

by Ursel Schäfer and Christiana Goldman. Cologne: SV Verlag.

2016. The Social Thought of Max Weber.The "Sage SocialThinkers"Series.

SagePublications

Chinese translation by Xinguo Su(2019)

Turkish translation. Ankara: Siyasal & Phoenix Publications, 2018.

2017. Max Weber on America. Turkish translation by Ibrahim

Mazman. Ankara: Ve Kitap Publishers.

Books in Progress

Max Weber’s Sociology of Civilizations: A Systematic Reconstruction. Approx. 1200ms.pp.; all chapters available for review; to be submitted to publishers in Feb.

The Cultural Foundations of Modern Citizenship: A Comparative Study. Three successful and three failed cases are examined; focus upon the development of a civic sphere

Applying Weber’s Comparative-Historical Sociology to Understand Political Cultures.

Edited volume(s). Chapters by Weber scholars throughout the world.

Journal Articles

1975. "The Commitment to Career Reform: the Settlement Movement Leaders." The Social Service Review 49: 608-28.

1979. “The Search for Thematic Orientations in a Fragmented Oeurve: The Discussion of Max Weber in Recent German Sociological Literature.” Sociology 13:127-39.

1980."Max Weber's Types of Rationality: Cornerstones for the Analysis of Rationalization Processes in History." American Journal of Sociology 85:1145-79.

German version in Max Weber und die Rationalisierung sozialen Handelns, edited by C. Seyfarth and W. M. Sprondel, (Stuttgart: Enke Verlag, l98l).

Japanese version in Bulletin of Nagoya City University College of Nursing 2 (March, 1990): 167-76.

Spanish version Pp. 73-117 in Sociedad y religion: un siglo de controversias en torno a la nocion weberiana de racionalization, edited by Perla Aronson and Eduardo Weisz. Buenos Aires: Prometeo libros, 2005.

1987. "West German and American Interaction Forms: One Level of Structured

Misunderstanding." Theory, Culture and Society 4: 602-18.

German version in Betreuerforum (August, 1994): 41-55.

Revised German version in Berliner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie 6: 33-42.

Revised German version. Pp. 127-39 in Die Vermessung kultureller Unterschiede: USA und Deutschland im Vergleich, edited by Jürgen Gerhards. Opladen: Westdeutsche Verlag, 2000.

Placed by the German Student Exchange Commission (DAAD) on its internet home-page "Alumni Forum"; with chatroom (revised English and German versions); Oct., 1999 (

1987.“A ‘National Political Identity Crisis’ in the Federal Republic of Germany?” German Politics and Society 10 (Winter): 3-8 (lead article). (Summarized in "Occasional Papers SeriesNo. 2," Program in Western European Studies; Dept. of PoliticalScience, University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

German version in: Aesthetik und Kommunikation 17 (Spring 1987): 129-33.

1987.“The Origins and Expansion of Kulturpessimisus: the Relationship Between Public and Private Spheres in Early Twentieth Century Germany.” Sociological Theory 5: 150-64.

1989.“The Federal Republic of Germany at 40: a Burdened Democracy?” German Politics and Society 16: 33-40.

1990. “The Rationalization of Action in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion." Sociological Theory 8 (Spring): 58-84.

"Theory Prize" from ASA Sociological Theory section.

1991. “The Hidden Link Between Internal Political Culture and Cross-National Perceptions: Divergent Images of the Soviet Union in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany.” Theory, Culture and Society 8: 31-56.

German translation in Beitraege zur Konfliktforschung 19: 45-68 (December, 1989).

1992.“The German Sonderweg De-Mystified: A Sociological Biography of a Nation.” Review essay on Studien ueber die Deutschen, by Norbert Elias (Suhrkamp, 1989). Theory, Culture and Society 9: 111-24.

1993.“Albert Salomon’s Interpretation of Max Weber.” International Journal of Politics Culture and Society 6(4): 585-94.

1994. “Max Weber’s Analysis of the Rise of Monotheism: A Reconstruction.” The British Journal of Sociology 45(4): 563-83.

1996. “On the Neglect of Weber's Protestant Ethic as a Theoretical Treatise: Demarcating the Parameters of Post-War American Sociological Theory.”Sociological Theory 14:49-70.

1996. “On the Theoretical Contributions of Weber's Protestant Ethic: American Sociology's Lost Opportunities” [In English and Japanese].Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute (March): 42-91.

1997. “Tocqueville and Weber on the Sociological Origins of Citizenship: The Political Culture of American Democracy.”Citizenship Studies 1:199-222.

Abridged version in Max Weber: Democracy and Modernization, edited by R. Schroeder. London: Macmillan, 1998.

Japanese translation in Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute 15: 140-77 (March, 1999).

French translation in Revue du MAUSS 14(2):302-324 (December, 1999).

German translation in Soziale Welt 51(1):67-85 (March, 2000).

Italian translation in La Critica Sociologica 141: 1-23(Spring, 2002).

Spanish translation in Sociologica 19:227-263 (September-December, 2004).

1999. “The Far Slower and More Conflict-Ridden Path to Unity: Neglected Dimensions of German Social Integration.”German Politics and Society 17: 34-51.

2000. “Structured Misunderstanding: Differences in the American and German Political Cultures” [in German]. Merkur 54, #9/10 (Sept.—Oct.):948-57 (special issue on German--American comparisons).

Published in English, Arabic & Persian in Art and Thought/Fikrun Wa Fann 77(2):48-55 (April, 2003).

Excerpt reprinted in Horizonte Geschichte für die Oberstufe, edited by Frank Bahr Braunschweig: Verlage Westermann, 2005, pp. 7-8. [High School textbook]

2000. “Ideen und Interessen: Max Weber ueber den Ursprung ausserweltliche Erlösungsreligionen.”Zeitschrift für Religonswissenschaft 8, 1:45-70.

Earlier version published in English and Japanese in Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute (March, 1996): 4-41.

2001. “Should the 'Dynamic Autonomy' of Ideas Matter to Sociologists? Max Weber on the Origin of Otherworldly Salvation Religions and the Constitution of Groups in American Society Today.”Journal of Classical Sociology 1:291-327.

Published in Spanish in Estudios Sociologicos 80 (27): 349-392 (June, 2009; lead article).

2001. “The ‘Spirit’ of Capitalism Revisited: On the New Translation of Weber's Protestant Ethic (1920).” Max Weber Studies 2:41-58.

Abridged version published in Perspectives: Newsletter of the Theory Section, American Sociological Association (Winter, 2001): 1-2, 4.

Abridged version published in The International Sociological Association Research Committee for the History of Sociology Newsletter (January, 2001): 2-4.

2001. “The Modern World as a Monolithic Iron Cage? Utilizing Max Weber to Define the Internal Dynamics of the American Political Culture Today.”Max Weber Studies 1:41-58.

Earlier version published in Partisan Review 64(2): 196-205 (April, 1997).

German translation in Sociologia Internationalis 1:1-14 (1998). (Nominated by SI

editors for The Thyssen Prize)

French translation in Revue du MAUSS 16(2):375-390 (December, 2000).

Italian translation in Studi di Sociologia 43(1):19-34 (January-March, 2005).

Spanish translation in Sociologica 19/56:173-196 (September-December, 2005).

2003. “The Civic Sphere in America: Its Cultural Origins and Impact upon the Contemporary Political Culture.”Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute 26: 54-81.

2003. “The Influence of Political Culture Upon Cross-Cultural Misperceptions and Foreign Policy: The United States and Germany.”German Politics and Society 21:1-24. “Postscript: The Role of Moral Values in the American Presidential Election.” Originally published in Newsletter of the American Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Section; Fall: 2-7 (2005).

French translation published in Revue du Mauss 25(1):207-241 (April, 2005), with postscript.

Italian translation published in La Critica Sociologica 156:1-32 (January, 2006), with postscript.

Spanish translation published in Sociologica 21:199-244 (September-December, 2006), with postscript.

German translation published in Sociological Internationalis 44(1):85-122 (Fall, 2006), with postscript.

Also available from published by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, D.C., in German and English.

2004. “The Past and Present Influence of World Views: Max Weber on a Neglected Sociological Concept.” Journal of Classical Sociology 4:139-64 (lead article).

French translationin Revue du MAUSS 30(2):197-228 (December, 2007).

Earlier version, in Japanese, published in Historical Sociology and Max Weber, edited by Takeji Ibaraki (Tokyo: Riso-Sha Publishers, 2002), pp. 161-190.

Spanish translation in Sociologica (Nov., 2011)

2007. “A Cross-National Consensus on a Unified Sociological Theory? Some Intercultural Obstacles.”European Journal of Social Theory 10:206-19.

First published in French in Revue du MAUSS 24:173-88 (Fall, 2004).

Re-published in French in Is a General Theory in Sociology Possible?, edited by Alain Caillé. Paris: La Decouverte, 2016.

Published in English in Soziologie, 34 (1):40-53 (December, 2004).

Published in English in Perspectives: Newsletter of the Theory Section, American Sociological Association (December, 2004).

Published in Spanish in Sociologica 67:237-259 (May-August, 2008).

2008. “Macro Comparisons in Max Weber's Sociology: Precautions, Possibilities, Achievements, and Limitations.”Eurostudia: Revue Transatlantique de Recherche sur l'Europe 4, 2 (Dec.). On-line at:

2009. “Max Weber's Analysis of the Unique American Civic Sphere: Its Origins, Expansion, and Oscillations.”Journal of Classical Sociology 9 (1):117-41.

Also available from published by American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC (March, 2009), with “Postscript.” [In German and English, March, 2007].

Spanish translation in Sociologica 72, vol. 25 (Jan.-April, 2010): 229-66.

Italian translation in La Critica Sociologica 175 (Spring, 2010): 19-42.

French translation in Revue du MAUSS (Oct., 2012)

2011. “A Transatlantic Approach to Sustainability: A Sociologist's View.” The Environmentalist 31 (December); on-line 13 November 2011: D0I: 10.1007/s10669-011-9357-2)

Reprinted in Environmental Progress (March, 2013).

2012. “Asceticism and Mysticism in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion”(in Italian). Translated

by Stefania Palmisano. Ethnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa 2: 163-84.

2014. “Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: The Five Major Themes.” Max Weber Studies 14,2 (July): 205-32.

2014. “Some Aspects of Max Weber's Practiced Methodology: A Preliminary Investigation of

How They Offer a Foundation for HisSystematic Sociology of Civilizations.”Korean

Journal of Social Theory 46 (Autumn/Winter): 3-103 (in Korean and English)

Reprinted in Korean in Re-Thinking Max Weber, edited byKwang-ki Kim. Moonye

Publishing Co.; Seoul, 2015.

2017. “The Uniqueness of the Rationalism of India: Max Weber’s Comparative Analysis.”

Forthcoming in Max Weber Studies (July)

Book Chapters

1983.“Max Weber’s Universal-Historical Architectonic of Economically-Oriented Action: A Preliminary Reconstruction.” Pp 253-88 in Current Perspectives in Social Theory, edited by Scott G. McNall. Greenwood, CT: JAI Press.

German translation in Marx oder Weber? Neue Beiträge zu einer alten Kontroverse, edited by J. Weiss and Stefan Böckler. Wiesbaden: Westdeutsche Verlag, 1988, pp. 104-38

1985.“The Role of Ideal Interests in Max Weber’s Comparative Historical Sociology.” Pp. 46-67 in A Marx-Weber Dialogue, edited by Robert J. Antonio and Ronald M. Glassman. Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas.

1985. “Max Weber.” Pp. 1059-64 in The Social Science Encyclopedia, edited by Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper. London: Routledge. Revised versions 1997 for second edition and 2004 for third edition.

1989. “Max Weber’s Historisch-vergleichende Schriften und das ‘Webersche Bild der Neuzeit’: eine Gegenueberstellung.” Pp 425-444 in Max Weber heute: Erträge und Probleme der Forschung, edited by Johannes Weiss. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag.

1992. “Culture and the Locus of Work in Contemporary Western Germany: A Weberian Configurational Analysis.” Pp. 324-365 in Theory of Culture, edited by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Münch. Berkeley: University of California Press.

1993. “Cultural Foundations of Modern Citizenship.” Pp. 91-114 in Citizenship and Social Theory, edited by Bryan S. Turner. London: Sage Publications.

Expanded and revised version in Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute 26 (March 2003): 11-32 [in Japanese and English].

1997. “Max Weber's Sociology: Research Strategies and Modes of Analysis.” Pp. 208-41 in Reclaiming the Argument of the Founders, edited by Charles Camic. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

1998. “Geschichte und Gegenwart im Werk Max Webers (Past and Present in Max Weber's Works).” Pp. 76-115 in Soziologie und Geschichte: Die Bedeutung derGeschichte fuer die Soziologische Theorie, edited by Frank Welz and Uwe Weisenbacher. Duesseldorf: Westdeutscher Verlag.

1999. “Max Weber's Critique of Recent Comparative-Historical Sociology and a Reconstruction of his Analysis of the Rise of Confucianism in China.” Pp. 207-46 in Current Perspectives in Social Theory, edited by Jennifer Lehmann. Stamford, CT: JAI Press.

2000. “Max Weber.” Pp. 132-92 in The Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. Revised in 2003 and substantially revised in 2011 and published as The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, edited by Ritzer and Jeffrey Stepnisky. New York: Wiley.

2005. “Utilizing Max Weber’s ‘Iron Cage’ to Define the Past, Present, and Future of the American Political Culture.” Pp. 191-208 in The Protestant Ethic Turns 100, edited by William H. Swatos and Lutz Kaelber. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press.

Spanish version published in En el Centenario de La Etica Protestante y el Espiritu del Capitalism, Cien Anos Despues. Edited by Javier Rodriguez Martinez. Madrid: El Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas, 2006, pp. 263-282.

2006. “Ascetic Protestantism and American Uniqueness: The Political Cultures of Germany and the United States Compared.” Pp. 231-48 in Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting our Mutual Differences, edited by Hermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menendez-Alarcon, and Stefan Immerfall. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

2007. “Max Weber on Ascetic Protestantism and Civic Associations: Exploring the Origins of Societal Integration and Public Sphere Ethical Standards in the United States.” Pp. 157-76 in La Vigencia del Pensamiento de Max Weber a Cien Anos de ‘La Etica Protestante y el Espiritu del Capitalismo,’ edited by Eduardo Weisz and Perla Aronson. Buenos Aires: Gorla Publishers. Translated by Eduardo Weisz.

2008. “The Perpetual and Tight Interweaving of Past and Present in Max Weber's Sociology.” Pp. 273-88 in Max Weber Matters, edited by David Chalcraft et al. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishers.

2012. “Max Weber on the Sociology of Emotions" (in German). Pp. 360-69 in Hauptwerke der

Emotionssoziologie, edited by Konstanze Senge and Rainer Schützengel. Cologne: SV

Verlag, 2012.

In English: Pp. 291-300 in Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today (see

above).

French translation: Revue du MAUSS 40 (2012): 285-299. Translated by Philippe Chanial.

Spanish translation: Sociologica Number 78, 2 (28 April, 2013): 243-60. Translated by

Eduardo Weisz.

Italian translation: Politics.eu ( ISSN 2421-4302). Translated by

Paolo Iagulli. August, 2015.

2016. “The Protestant Ethic.”Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George

Ritzer (2nd edition). London: Wiley-Blackwell. On-line June, 2016 (5,000 words);

Print edition 2018.

2017. “Max Weber.” The Encyclopedia of Social Theory (five vols.), edited by Bryan S. Turner.

New York: Wiley-Blackwell (10,000 words).

2017.“Max Weber's Sociology of Civilizations: A Preliminary Investigation into its Major

Methodological Concepts.” Pp. 75-116in The Anthem Companion to Max Weber, edited by Alan Sica. London: Anthem Press.

Book Reviews

1986. Review of Max Weber’s Insights and Errors, by S. Andreski, in Contemporary Sociology (March: 310-11).

1988. Review of Amerikaner über Deutschland und die Deutschen, by K. Stapf, W. Stroebe, and K. Jonas [in German] in Soziologische Revue (April: 217-20).

1988. Review of Kultur und Gesellschaft: Festschrift für René Konig, edited by Friedhelm Neidhardt, M. Rainer Lepsius, and Johannes Weiss, in German Politics and Society (February: 55-56).

1991. Review of Max Weber’s Construction of Social Theory, by Martin Albrow, in Contemporary Sociology (July: 641-42).

1992. Review of Cultural Misunderstandings: the French-American Experience, by Raymonde Carroll, in Theory, Culture and Society 9:180-82.

1993. Review of Max Weber and the Jewish Question, by Gary Abraham, in Contemporary Sociology (November:879-81); “Reply to Abraham” (November, 1994).

1997. Review of Paradoxes of Modernity: Culture and Conduct in the Theory of Max Weber, by Wolfgang Schluchter. American Journal of Sociology 102(6):1735-37.

1998. Review of National Character: A Psycho-Social Perspective by Alex Inkeles. Political Studies 46 (March): 211-12.

Other Publications

1993. “Convergence Thesis.” Pp. 193-94 in The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World, edited by Joel Krieger. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.

1995. “Summary of Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology.”History and Theory

(October)

1998. “Max Weber.” Pp. 936-37 in Making History: A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, edited by D. R. Woolf. New York: Garland Publishing.