This man delineated rational-legal, traditional, and charismatic types of authority in Politics as a Vocation, and argued that social science should study ideal types.
This man delineated rational-legal, traditional, and charismatic types of authority in Politics as a Vocation, and argued that social science should study ideal types. He believed that modern society was dominated by depersonalized bureaucracies (*) because it was trapped in a "steel-hard shell" or "iron cage". His most famous work argues that the Calvinist belief in predestination led to the development of a certain economic system. FTP, name this German sociologist, the author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This man delineated rational-legal, traditional, and charismatic types of authority in Politics as a Vocation, and argued that social science should study ideal types.
Max {Weber}