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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Weber canonical | 90 |
| Max Weber Sr. | 1 |
| Maximilian Karl Emil Weber | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Weber Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Max Weber]
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A.
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual known for his influential theories on social capital, habitus, and the reproduction of social inequality.
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B.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
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C.
Gabriel A. Almond
Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
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D.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on communicative rationality, the public sphere, and deliberative democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Weber Target entity description: 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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A.
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual known for his influential theories on social capital, habitus, and the reproduction of social inequality.
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B.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
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C.
Gabriel A. Almond
Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
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D.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on communicative rationality, the public sphere, and deliberative democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ political theorist ⓘ social theorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in law ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
German Empire
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Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| concept |
charismatic authority
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disenchantment of the world ⓘ ideal type ⓘ legal-rational authority ⓘ traditional authority ⓘ value-free sociology ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Prussia
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surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1864-04-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1920-06-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
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| employer |
Freiburg University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Freiburg
Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form:
University of Munich
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Weber ⓘ |
| father |
Max Weber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Max Weber Sr.
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| fieldOfWork |
economics
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history ⓘ law ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Max Weber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber
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| givenName | Maximilian ⓘ |
| influenced |
C. Wright Mills
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Hans Gerth ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Ralf Dahrendorf ⓘ Raymond Aron ⓘ Talcott Parsons ⓘ modern sociology ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Wilhelm Dilthey ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mother | Helene Weber ⓘ |
| movement |
German historical school of economics
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interpretive sociology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of modernity
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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
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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
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professor of sociology ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| sibling | Alfred Weber ⓘ |
| spouse | Marianne Weber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Max Weber Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (92)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Critique of instrumental reason
subject surface form:
Robert N. Bellah
subject surface form:
Fernando Henrique Cardoso