Conference: "Between Appropriation and Refutation – On the Significance and Reception of Max Weber in China"

organized by the Max Weber Foundation (China Branch Office) and the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Peking University Date: 20th – 21st March 2018 Venue: Peking University, Jingyuan Building 2 / 北京大学静园二院 Abstract: Max Weber himself has dealt with China in his study on “Confucianism and Taoism” (1915/1920). However, more important for the reception in China is his famous book “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, which alone has been translated into Chinese twent..