Max Weber

Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern, antipositivistic study of sociology and public administration. His major works deal with rationalization in sociology of religion and government, but he also wrote much in the field of economics. His most recognized work is his essay The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, which began his work in the sociology of religion. Weber argued that religion was one of the primary reasons for the different ways the cultures of the Occident and the Orient have developed. In his other famous work, Politics as a Vocation, Weber defined the state as an entity which possesses a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force, a definition that became pivotal to the study of modern Western political science. His theory later became widely known as Weber's Thesis.

External links

Texts of Weber works:

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• Large collection of the German original texts
• Large collection of English translations
• Another collection of English translations
• Yet another collection of English translations
• English translations of many of Weber's works, unfortunately merged into one very long unformatted file

About Weber:

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• Biography entry and link section
• Weber on Ideal Types
• Max Weber - The person
• More of Weber on Ideal Types
• An essay on Max Weber's View of Objectivity in Social Science
• Max Weber: On Bureaucracy — A study guide developed for a political theory course which draws from several works by, or about, Weber thoughts on bureaucracy
• Max Weber: On Capitalism As above, but on capitalism
• Some of Weber concepts in the form of a list
• Max Weber's HomePage "A site for undergraduates"

Images:

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• Dirk Kaesler's Max Weber gallery