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”

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.