Max weber intellectual biography
- A concise and incisive look at the man and personality behind the thought, Max er is a masterful outing in intellectual biography and social theory.
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- Revolutionary upheaval around 1900 shaped Max er's realm of experience and provided significant impetus for his way of thinking.
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Max Weber
German sociologist, jurist, and political economist (1864–1920)
For other people named Max Weber, see Max Weber (disambiguation).
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| Born | Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (1864-04-21)21 April 1864 Erfurt, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 14 June 1920(1920-06-14) (aged 56) Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic |
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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (; German:[maksˈveːbɐ]; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research.
Born in Erfurt in 1864, Weber studied law and history in Berlin, Göttingen, and Heidelberg. After earning his doctorate in law in 1889 and habilitation in 1891, he taught i
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Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography
Fritz Ringer
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004 (307 pages)
In this intellectual biography a long-time teacher of Max Weber's thought offers us an advanced introduction to that thinker's most essential texts. Each chapter covers a different aspect of Weber's work, such as politics, methodology, the Protestant ethic, bureaucracy, and the sociology of religion. The author, Fritz Ringer, is an intellectual historian, not a social theorist or a philosopher, and he admits forthrightly that this work does not offer critical commentary or try to go beyond Weber. Rather, it is a "Weberian reading of Weber," an interpretation that attempts to restate what Weber wrote as clearly as possible. This work is a capstone of Ringer's accomplished career, and an excellent summary of Weber's most important arguments.
Ringer follows Pierre Bourdieu's valuable notion of an intellectual field in interpreting Weber's texts. For Bourdieu, think
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MAX WEBER:An Intellectual Biography
Fritz Ringer
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Max Weber was one of the most influential and creative intellectual forces of the twentieth century. In his methodology of the social sciences, he both exposed the flaws and solidified the foundations of the German historical tradition. Throughout his life, he saw bureaucracy as a serious obstacle to cultural vitality but as an inescapable part of organizational rationality. And in his most famous essay, on the Protestant ethic, he uncovered the psychological underpinnings of capitalism and modern occupational life.
This searching work offers the first comprehensive introduction to Weber’s thought for students and newcomers. Fritz Ringer locates Weber in his historical context, relating his ideas to the controversies and politics of his day. Ringer also considers the importance of Weber to contemporary life, discussing his insights int
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