German Sociologist-A great thinker

Pioneer of Sociology

Max Weber (1864-1920)

He was from Germany. He same time as Durkheim. He was a great scholar, a great thinker, a great writer. His work on world religions, bureaucracy, nature of cities, music, rise of capitalism, types of political organizations, role of leaders especially in social change, etc. The works are very important works to development of Sociology. He belive the individual is the basic unit of the society.

He developed new approach called “method of understanding”  for the study of social phenomena. Thus, according to him, to understand fully the behavior, We must learn the subjective meanings people attach to their actions-that is, how they themselves view and explain their behavior. A research scholar must be “value-free” in their work. It means personal personal beliefs and convictions should never creep into sociological research o conclusion. Through Weber and  Durkheim were contemporaries they met and probably were unaware of each others existence. But Weber had taken note of several issues touched by Marx. Though he deeply admired much of Marx’s work, he never supported those views.

His main works-

1.”General Economics History”

2.”The City”

3.”Economy and Society”

4.”The Sociology of Religion”

5.”The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism”, etc.

Ref-

Shri.C.N.Shankar Rao-Fundamentals of Sociology-Published-2010-2011  page No-12-13