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Unit-18: Max Weber: Intellectual Background

18.3 summary notes

y Max Weber’s complete contribution is important from the sociological point of view. Though
Max Weber has written all his creation in German language, but most have been translated in
English. Max Weber was a Pragmatist thinker, but he criticised positivistic thoughts. He was
a supporter of using scientific methods in the study of human society.
y In the thoughts of max Weber, along with sight of scientificness and precision, there is also
an incorporation of originality.
y Communist thinker, Karl Marx, had influenced Max Weber’s thought’s the maximum.

18.4 Keywords

1. Value Judgement: What is desirable and valuable, only a decision made in relation to this is
known as value judgement. Almost for all human actions, value judgments are important.

18.5 review Questions

1. What impact did the contemporary thinkers have on the thoughts of Weber?
2. Which are the main sociological books of Max Weber?
3. Which people and circumstances influenced Weber’s thoughts, describe them briefly.

answers: self assessment
1. Max Weber
2. University
3. Situations

18.6 further readings

Books 1. Sociological Theory—Abraham and Morgan.
2. Advance Fundamental of Sociology—Ravindranath Mukharji.
3. Sociology—T.B. Botomor.

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