Biography of max weber

Biography of Max Weber

1. BIOGRAPHY OF MAX WEBER Assignment of sociology

2. A Little introduction of Max Weber Maximilian Karl Emil "Max" Weber   Weber was a German sociologist, philosopher, and  political economist  whose ideas influenced  social theory,  social research, and the discipline of sociology itself .   Weber is often seated, with Émile Durkheim and  Karl Marx, as one of the three founding architects of sociology .

3. MAX WEBER’S FAMILY BACKGROUND

4. Weber was born in 1864, in Erfurt, Thuringia .  He was the oldest of the seven children of Max Weber Sr . His father was a wealthy and prominent civil servant and member of the National Liberal Party. Weber's 1876 Christmas presents to his parents, when he was thirteen years old, were two historical essays entitled "About the course of German history, with special reference to the positions of the Emperor and the Pope," and "About the Roman Imperial period from Constantine to the migration of nations."

5. EDUCATION In 1882 Weber enrolled in the University of Heidelberg as a law student .  After a year of military service he transferred to University of Berlin .   In 1886 Weber passed the examination for  Referender , comparable to the  bar association examination in the British and American legal systems . Throughout the late 1880s, Weber continued his study of law and history .

6. EARLY WORK OF MAX WEBER In the years between the completion of his dissertation and habilitation, Weber took an interest in contemporary social policy . In 1888 he joined the  Verein für Socialpolitik. From 1893 to 1899 Weber was a member of the  Alldeutscher Verband  (Pan-German League), an organization that campaigned against the influx of the Polish workers In 1893 he married his distant cousin Marianne Schnitger. The couple moved to Freiburg in 1894, where Weber was appointed professor of economics at the University of Heidelberg.

7. Max W eber and his wife

8. Theories and Quotations