German sociologist, jurist and political economist (1864 to 1920), a founder of modern social science. His tripartite typology of legitimate authority, traditional, charismatic and legal-rational, set out in Economy and Society (Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, published posthumously in 1922), remains a foundational framework for analyzing political legitimacy. Also known for The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905).
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Notable PublicationEconomy and Society (Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 1922, posthumous) 2 Office HeldProfessor of Political Economy at the University of Freiburg 2 Succeeded by a chair of finance and economics at Heidelberg in 1896 to 1897, ended by a nervous breakdown from 1898 that led to his withdrawal from teaching. TraditionVerstehen sociology; German Historical School of economics 2 Connections
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21 April 1864 - 14 June 1920
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was a German sociologist
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Continental philosophy, antipositivism, liberalism
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Continental philosophy, antipositivism, liberalism
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Arguably the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century, Max Weber is known as a principal architect of modern social science along with Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim.
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was born in the Prussian city of Erfurt to a family of notable heritage.
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