Maximilian Karl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social … See more

Sociology, for Max Weber, was "a science which attempts the interpretive understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive at a causal explanation of its course and … See more

Rationalisation
Rationalisation and the question of individual freedom in an increasingly rational society, was a central theme in Weber's … See more

Max Weber was strongly influenced by German idealism, particularly by neo-Kantianism. He was exposed to it by Heinrich Rickert, who was his professorial colleague at the University of Freiburg. The neo-Kantian belief that reality was essentially chaotic … See more

Weber's most influential work was on economic sociology, political sociology, and the sociology of religion. Along with Karl Marx and Émile Durkheim, he is commonly … See more

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1. ^ Kim 2022; Kaesler 1988, pp. 2–3; Radkau 2009, p. 5.
2. ^ Kaelber 2003, p. 38; Radkau 2009, p. 11; Kaesler 2014, pp. 148–149.
3. ^ Kaelber 2003, p. 38; Radkau 2009, p. 5; Honigsheim 2017, p. 100. See more