What is Max Weber?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox Person | name = Maximilian Weber | image = Max Weber 1894.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = [[Germany|German]] [[political economy|political economist]] and [[sociology|sociologist]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1864|4|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Erfurt]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1920|6|14|1864|4|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Munich]], [[Germany]] | death_cause = [[Pneumonia]] }} '''Maximilian Carl Emil Weber''' (pronounced: maks ˈveːbɐ) (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a [[Germany|German]] [[political economy|political economist]] and [[sociology|sociologist]] who was considered one of the founders of the modern study of [[sociology]] and [[public administration]]. ==Works== He began his career at the University of [[Berlin]], and later worked at [[Freiburg]] University, University of [[Heidelberg]], University of [[Vienna]] and University of [[Munich]]. He had influence on German politics of his time, because he was an advisor to [[Germany]]'s [[wikt:negotiation|negotiators]] at the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and to the commission that drafted the [[Weimar Constitution]]. Weber is known for his work in the sociology of religion. His most famous work is his essay ''The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism''. He disagreed with [[Karl Marx]]'s view that class structure was the way to view how society worked. He believed that human values affected how people acted throughout history. ==Related pages== *[[List of sociologists from Europe]] == Other websites == {{Wikisource author}} ;Texts of Weber works: * [http://www.zeno.org/Soziologie/M/Weber,%20Max Large collection of the German original texts] * [http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/paed/Flitner/Flitner/Weber/index.htm Large collection of the German original texts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207003432/http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/paed/Flitner/Flitner/Weber/index.htm |date=2002-02-07 }} * [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/moriyuki/abukuma/weber_texts.html Large collection of E