Max Weber

Quotes

• “The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals constitute the program to which we wish to adhere with ever increasing firmness.”

• "Politics means a strong slow drilling of hard boards, with passion and judgment at the same time."

• “Academic life is a mad hazard. If the young scholar asks for my advice with regard to habilitation, the responsibility of encouraging him can hardly be borne.”

• “The ultimately possible attitudes toward life are irreconcilable, and hence their struggle can never be brought to a final conclusion.”

• “In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.”

Books by Max Weber in order

Books by Max Weber in the order they were published, from Basic Concepts in Sociology (1922) to Charisma and Disenchantment (2019).

1. 1Basic Concepts in SociologyBasic Concepts in Sociology1922
2. 2WirtschaftsgeschichteWirtschaftsgeschichte1923
3. 3From Max WeberFrom Max Weber1946
4. 4The Theory of Social and Economic OrganizationThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization1947
5. 5Max Weber on the Methodology of the Social SciencesMax Weber on the Methodology of the Social Sciences1949
6. 6The Methodology of the Social SciencesThe Methodology of the Social Sciences1949
7. 7The Religion of ChinaThe Religion of China1951
8. 8The CityThe City1958
9. 9The Rational and Social Foundations of MusicThe Rational and Social Foundations of Music1958
10. 10The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism1962
11. 11Max WeberMax Weber1963
12. 12The Sociology of ReligionThe Sociology of Religion1963
13. 13Politics as a VocationPolitics as a Vocation1965
14. 14Max Weber on Charisma and Institution BuildingMax Weber on Charisma and Institution Building1968
15. 15On Charisma and Institution BuildingOn Charisma and Institution Building1968
16. 16The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient CivilizationsThe Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations1976
17. 17Economy and SocietyEconomy and Society1978
18. 18WeberWeber1978
19. 19Max Weber on Capitalism, Bureaucracy, and ReligionMax Weber on Capitalism, Bureaucracy, and Religion1983
20. 20Sociological WritingsSociological Writings1994
21. 21The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism and OtheThe Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism and Other Writings2002
22. 22The Vocation LecturesThe Vocation Lectures2004
23. 23Protestan Ahlaki Ve Kapitalizmin RuhuProtestan Ahlaki Ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu2013
24. 24Charisma and DisenchantmentCharisma and Disenchantment2019