»Adam Smith @ 300«: This volume provides a detailed overview of the current state of economic and non-economic research on Adam Smith. It takes a closer look at the economic and social conditions in Scotland at the time of Smith as well as at the influence of classical philosophy on his thinking. Smith's work is contrasted with other important scientific research programs, such as those of Hume, Fichte, Hegel, Thünen, Marx and Schumpeter.
»Max Weber. The Revolutionary Change to Modernity. Non-legitimate Power and Democratic Charisma«: Occidental City is, according to Weber, the key factor in every society. The democratic city signifies a revolutionary step towards modernity. Tribal aggregations, synoecisms, bourgeois cities, municipalities, and states are accompanied by specific forms of power legitimization: initially, divine legitimation predominates, then democratic modernity attributes this role to the governed citizens.
