 All in all, the irony is unmistakable. It seems as though one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century cannot come to clear terms with its zeitgeist in which democracy, in whatever form, shape and shade, emerged as the only acceptable ground for political legitimacy. Weber’s such awkwardness is nowhere more compelling than in his advocacy for “leadership democracy” (Führerdemokratie) during the constitutional politics of post-WWI Germany.