Max Weber

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Max Weber was a pioneering German sociologist, economist, and political theorist whose work on bureaucracy, authority, and the Protestant ethic profoundly shaped modern social science.

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Maximilian Karl Emil Weber 1

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instanceOf economist
historian
human
jurist
political theorist
social theorist
sociologist
academicDegree doctorate in law
causeOfDeath pneumonia
citizenship German Empire
Weimar Republic
concept charismatic authority
disenchantment of the world
ideal type
legal-rational authority
traditional authority
value-free sociology
countryOfBirth Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1864-04-21
dateOfDeath 1920-06-14
educatedAt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Göttingen
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
employer University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Munich NERFINISHED
University of Vienna
era 19th century
early 20th century
familyName Weber
father Max Weber self-linksurface differs
surface form: Max Weber Sr.
fieldOfWork economics
history
law
political science
sociology
fullName Max Weber self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maximilian Karl Emil Weber
givenName Maximilian
influenced C. Wright Mills
Hans Gerth
Jürgen Habermas
Ralf Dahrendorf
Raymond Aron
Talcott Parsons
modern sociology
organizational theory
political science
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
Immanuel Kant
Karl Marx
Wilhelm Dilthey
languageOfWorkOrName German
mother Helene Weber
movement German historical school of economics
interpretive sociology
notableFor analysis of modernity
comparative study of world religions
concept of rationalization
concept of status groups and classes
methodology of the social sciences
theory of bureaucracy
theory of legitimacy
theory of social action
typology of authority
work on the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism
notableWork Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Ancient Judaism

Economy and Society
Politics as a Vocation
Science as a Vocation
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism
The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism
placeOfBirth Erfurt
placeOfDeath Munich
positionHeld professor of economics
professor of sociology
religion Protestantism
sibling Alfred Weber
spouse Marianne Weber

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Max Weber father Max Weber self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Max Weber Sr.
Max Weber fullName Max Weber self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maximilian Karl Emil Weber
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Niccolò Machiavelli influenced Max Weber
Wilhelm Dilthey influenced Max Weber
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György Lukács influencedBy Max Weber
Hans Morgenthau influencedBy Max Weber
Herbert Marcuse influencedBy Max Weber
Joseph Schumpeter influencedBy Max Weber
Jürgen Habermas influencedBy Max Weber
Karl Jaspers influencedBy Max Weber
Karl Polanyi influencedBy Max Weber
Pierre Bourdieu influencedBy Max Weber
Raymond Aron influencedBy Max Weber
Robert N. Bellah influencedBy Max Weber
Theodor W. Adorno influencedBy Max Weber
Walter Eucken influencedBy Max Weber
Western Marxism influencedBy Max Weber