Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a political economist and socialist ,who is from Germany. He is one of the founders of the modern study of sociology and public administration. He worked on rationalization in sociology of religion and government.According to Weber there are four main types of a social action.
Men may engage in purposeful or goal-oriented rational action
Men’s rational action may be value-oriented
They may act from emotional or affective motivations
They may engage in traditional action.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is his most famous essay. His most significant contribution to the sociology of politics and government is his Politics as a Vocation essay. According to Weber, a politician must not be the man of true christian ethic.Weber distinguished three types of political leadership.
Charismatic domination
Legal domination
Traditional domination
He simply wants to answer this question. Why did capitalism appear in West protestan countries? Because according to Protestan ethic, god likes people ,who work a lot. Moreover people are instruments of god. The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, Ancient Juadism, The The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism are his other studies about religion and socialogy.
Quotations from Max Weber
No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.
One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.
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