Max Weber

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber (German: [ˈmaks ˈveːbɐ]; 21 Aprile 1864 – 14 Juin 1920) wis a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, an poleetical economist whase ideas profoondly influenced social theory an social resairch.^[4] Weber is eften citit, wi Émile Durkheim an Karl Marx, as amang the three foonders o sociology.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} Weber wis a key proponent o methodological antipositivism, arguin for the study o social action throu interpretive (rather nor purely empiricist) means, based on unnerstaundin the purpose an meanin that indiveeduals attach tae thair ain actions. Unlik Durkheim, he did nae believe in monocausality an rather proponed that for ony ootcome thare can be multiple causes.^[10]

Max Weber
Weber in 1894
Born	Karl Emil Maximilian Weber 21 Apryle 1864(1864-04-21) Erfurt, Saxony, Proushie
Dee'd	14 Juin 1920(1920-06-14) (aged 56) Munich, Bavarie, Germany
Naitionality	Proushie (1864-1871) German Empire (1871-1918) Weimar Republic (1918-1920)
Alma mater	Varsity o Berlin Varsity o Heidelberg
Kent for	Weberian bureaucracy Disenchantment · Ideal teep Airn cage · Life chances Methodological individualism Monopoly on violence Protestant wirk ethic Raitionalisation · Social action Three-component stratification Tripartite classification o authority Verstehen
Scientific career
Fields	Economics Sociology History Law Politics Philosophy
Institutions	Varsities o Berlin Freiburg Heidelberg Vienna Munich
Doctoral advisor	Levin Goldschmidt
Influences	Hermann Baumgarten[1] Immanuel Kant · Friedrich Nietzsche  · Wilhelm Dilthey Heinrich Rickert · Georg Simmel Werner Sombart[2]
Influenced	Karl Jaspers · Georg Simmel Talcott Parsons · Ludwig von Mises György Lukács · Theodor W. Adorno Carl Schmitt · Jürgen Habermas Joseph Schumpeter · C. Wright Mills Cornelius Castoriadis · Ludwig Lachmann · Karl Polanyi