30 Mart 2008 Pazar

Maximillian Carl Emil Weber(1864-1920)


Maximillian Carl Emil Weber who was born in 1864 in Germany was considered by many to be the father of sociology. He was also a political economist. According to Max Weber sociology is a science that is concerned with a social action and the course and/or consequences of the action. In addition to sociology econmoy and politics, he touched on religion. It can be said that his most precious work is the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. In this case, in many aspects of social economy, he disagreed with Karl Marx who was the father of Communism. Weber states that "economics is not a science of nature and its qualities, but of people and their needs". One can say about Weber's theory of social economics that, it helps to construct a dialogue between economists and sociologists.

In Weber’s Sociology there are four major types of social action; which are;

v Men may engage in purposeful or goal-oriented rational action.

v Men’s rational action may be value-oriented.

v Men may act from emotional or affective motivations

v Men may engage in traditional action.


Sources:

http://www.6sociologists.20m.com/weber.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber#Sociology_of_religion

http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/weber.htm

Capitalism and modern social theory - an anaysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber. Anthony Gıddens -Cambridge University Press-


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