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Max Weber : an intellectual biography / Fritz Ringer

Ringer, Fritz K.,i1934-2006 [Verfasser]

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (307 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index

978-0-226-72006-7 ; 0-226-72006-3 ; 978-0-226-72004-3 ; 0-226-72004-7 ; 978-0-226-72005-0 ; 0-226-72005-5 ; 978-0-226-72004-3

CI 4912 MR 4000 NB 6315

 

Weber, Max, 1864-1920  Soziologische Theorie 

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 thou.