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BY- Katelyn Amezquita, Bella Ryan, Ashlyn Foraker, Laisha Hernandez

Max Weber

What was his contribution?

The Impact of Max Weber

Max Weber

His contribution

Max Weber is one of the founding fathers of sociology. He is regarded as the proponent of anti-positivism

  • he thought and argued that society can be understood by studying social actions through interpretive meaning the actors (individual) attach to their own actions.

His perspective on social class

His Thinking on Social Class

  • Social class was deeply important concept to Weber's thoughts on power and social stratification, which he shared in his book titled Economy and Society, led to the complex formulations of socioeconomic status and social class.

Perspective on social class

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Max Weber - Early Life

Early Life

The German sociologist was born April 21, 1864 in Erfurt, Prussia. Weber is the oldest son of Max and Helen Weber. His father was a liberal politician, and his mother accepted theology. They each had their own opinions of an ideal lifestyle. This created some conflict in their marriage that would then influence Max. While growing up Weber´s father had always brought scholars and public figures to his house hold. He wanted Max and his siblings to develop and gain more intellectual pursuits.

Young Max Weber

Career

Career and education

Max Weber was well known for being a German sociologist and political economist. On top of that, Max wrote the book, the Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism which later became a part of his widely known theories. Other topics of interest to Max includes calvinism, and capitalism. In addition Weber argued many points about the German stock exchange.

Education

Max's studies

Max Weber had served in the military for some time after studying a couple of years at University of Heidelberg. Weber eventually finished his studies at University of Berlin. Max also taught political economy as a professor.

His main theory

Max Weber is famously known for his "Protestant ethic" theory. The "Protestant ethic" theory is a sociological belief meaning to be the value attached to hard work, thrift, and efficiency in one's worldly calling was viewed as signs of an individual's election, or eternal salvation. Max Weber believed that Protestant ethic was an important factor in the economic success for the protestant groups in the early stages of European capitalism.

Max Webers' Theories

His famous quotes

"Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible"

"Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance."

"Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state."

His famous quotes

"Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money"

"Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money"

"The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution."

"The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution."

"A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence."

"A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence."

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