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Max Weber
Max Weber (1864–1920) was a German sociologist, historian, and political economist associated with the founding of modern social science.
Why it matters
His interpretive methodology and analyses of authority, rationalization, and religion influenced sociology, political science, and the historical analysis of institutions.
What it builds on
Related concepts
- Institutional EconomicshistoricalWeber's analysis of bureaucracy, rationalization, and the relationship between institutions and economic behavior shaped institutional economics
- Social StratificationconceptualWeber's multidimensional stratification theory (class, status, party) offers a more complex alternative to Marx's purely economic class analysis
- Economic HistoryhistoricalWeber's Protestant Ethic thesis connected religious ideas to capitalist development, demonstrating how culture shapes economic history
- Social SciencelogicalMax Weber provides conceptual grounding that helps explain Social Science in this knowledge graph.