This man wrote that the "polytheism" of incompatible "value spheres" implies a need for "value-free" science.  He defined modernity as "disenchantment" and wrote critical surveys of The Religion of China and India. This man defined the state as an entity with a monopoly on l
This man wrote that the "polytheism" of incompatible "value spheres" implies a need for "value-free" science.  He defined modernity as "disenchantment" and wrote critical surveys of The Religion of China and India. This man defined the state as an entity with a monopoly on legitimate force and warned of charismatic authority in "Politics as a Vocation." This sociologist revered Benjamin Franklin and noted that Dutch merchants could display their elect status through material wealth in a study which asked why Western Europe developed faster economically. For 10 points, name this early German sociologist who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This man wrote that the "polytheism" of incompatible "value spheres" implies a need for "value-free" science.  
Max Weber 