Understanding Max Weber\"s contribution to social theory is vital for students and scholars of social science. This insightful text offers critical discussion of Weber\"s ideas, focusing on their uses - how they have been appropriated and applied to contemporary events. Written by one of the world\"s leading Weber scholars, this is an essential read....

Understanding Max Weber\"s contribution to social theory is vital for students and scholars of social science. This insightful text offers critical discussion of Weber\"s ideas, focusing on their uses - how they have been appropriated and applied to contemporary events. Written by one of the world\"s leading Weber scholars, this is an essential read....

Max Weber, widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences, visited the United States in 1904 with his wife Marianne....