Max Weber




Max Weber

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born
April 21, 1864

died
June 14, 1920

gender
male

place of birth
Erfurt, Germany

genre
Politics, Philosophy, Social Sciences


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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German lawyer, politician, historian, sociologist and political economist, who profoundly influenced social theory and the remit of sociology itself. His major works dealt with the rationalization, bureaucratization and 'disenchantment' associated with the rise of capitalism. Weber was, along with his associate Georg Simmel, a central figure in the establishment of methodological antipositivism; presenting sociology as a non-empirical field which must study social action through resolutely subjective means.




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The Protestant Ethic and the S... The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.73 — 500 ratings — published 1956
34 editions
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From Max Weber: Essays in Soci... From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
by Max Weber, H.h. Gerth, C. Wright Mills
avg rating 3.80 — 109 ratings — published 1948
6 editions
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The Protestant Ethic and the S... The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other Writings
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.73 — 108 ratings — published 2002
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The Sociology of Religion The Sociology of Religion
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.60 — 75 ratings — published 1993
3 editions
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Economy and Society: An Outlin... Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology (2 volume set)
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.88 — 52 ratings — published 1978
7 editions
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The Vocation Lectures: Science... The Vocation Lectures: Science As a Vocation, Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber, Tracy B. Strong
avg rating 4.17 — 29 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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The Theory Of Social And Econo... The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.60 — 30 ratings — published 1947
3 editions
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The City The City
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published 1966
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On Methodology of Social Scien... On Methodology of Social Sciences
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.70 — 10 ratings — published 1950
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Max Weber: Selections in Trans... Max Weber: Selections in Translation
by Max Weber
avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published 1978
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"Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards. It takes both passion and perspective. Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible. But to do that a man must be a leader, and not only a leader but a hero as well, in a very sober sense of the word. And even those who are neither leaders nor heroes must arm themselves with that steadfastness of heart which can brave even the crumbling of all hopes. This is necessary right now, or else men will not be able to attain even that which is possible today."
Max Weber
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"It is true that the path of human destiny cannot but appal him who surveys a section of it. But he will do well to keep his small personal commentarie to himself, as one does at the sight of the sea or of majestic mountains, unless he knows himself to be called and gifted to give them expression in artistic or prophetic form. In most other cases, the voluminous talk about intuition does nothing but conceal a lack of perspective toward the object, which merits the same judgement as a similar lack of perspective toward men."
Max Weber (The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other Writings)
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"Seit je hat Aufklärung im umfassendsten Sinn fortschreitenden Denkens das Ziel verfolgt, von den Menschen die Furcht zu nehmen und sie als Herren einzusetzen. Aber die vollends aufgeklärte Erde strahlt im Zeichen triumphalen Unheils. Das Programm der Aufklärung war die Entzauberung der Welt."
Max Weber
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