The German social scientist Max Weber initiated modern sociological thought and his historical and comparative studies are a landmark in the history of sociology. Weber was interested in charting the varying paths taken by universal cultural history as...

The American painter Max Weber (1881-1961) sampled various styles, including cubism, before turning to representation in 1918. Thereafter, he developed a style which was personal and expressionistic but incorporated elements from his earlier,...

Max Weber has long been recognized as one of the founders of modern sociology. His theoretical works continue to provide elaboration and clarification of the logical and epistemological foundations of social science, while many of the problems he...

Max Weber, the son of a member of the Reichstag and an activist Protestant mother, grew up in Berlin in an intellectually lively home frequently visited by the Bismarckian era’s leading politicians and intellectuals. After receiving an...

Weber, Max(1864–1920) Max Weber, the German sociologist, historian, and philosopher, was raised in Berlin. His father was a lawyer and National Liberal parliamentary deputy, his mother a woman of deep humanitarian and religious convictions. The...

Max Weber (1864–1920) was arguably the most important social and political theorist of the twentieth century, as well as the unwilling father of modern sociology (a role he unknowingly shared with Èmile Durkheim). The eldest of six...

Jack Webb's most famous public persona, Sgt. Joe Friday of the Los Angeles Police Department, seemed to be a man with virtually no personality. Yet, paradoxically, this amazingly versatile actor-director-writer-producer-editor-e xecutive was one...

Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (pronounced [maks ˈveːbɐ]) (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern study of sociology and public administration. He began...

In the summer of 1903, the Heidelberg sociologist Max Weber had a visit from Hugo Munsterberg, a Harvard professor known for his pioneering work in the new field of applied psychology. Dr. Munsterberg was promoting an international gathering of scholars from many disciplines,...

MAX WEBER is a cruel reminder of the unbridgeable gap between talent and genius. Early in this century he was among the best and the brightest of America's young artists, and seemed likely to carve himself a niche among the immortals. Well grounded...

“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside. It had damn well better...

“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside. It had damn well...

In the following essay, King discusses Weber's struggle with the alienation and moral stringency of Puritanism as evidenced in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

In the following essay, Kronman explains Weber's reaction to and interpretation of the trends in modern social life.

Originally published in German in 1979, the following essay examines the three main tenets supporting Weber's methodology.

The purpose of this report is to provide a general explanation of the classical organization theory by exploring the theories of the three leading characters in this field: Max Weber, Fredrick Taylor and Henri Fayol .