Weber

Full name: Max Weber, Jr.
b. 1864
d. 1920
Country of birth: Germany
Profession: delegate, professor

Key Writings:

  • The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism (1904)
  • The Social Psychology of the World Religions (1915)
  • The Distribution of Power Within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party (1925)
  • The Types of Legitimate Domination (1925)
  • Bureaucracy (1925)

Key Concepts:

  • Verstehen
  • ideal types
  • Protestant ethic
  • calling
  • iron cage
  • rationalization
  • bureaucracy
  • authority
  • charisma
  • class, status, and party

(Edles and Appelrouth 153-155)

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