Monday, November 21, 2005

Who is s[he]?[2]

This is second part of "Who is s[he]?" Introducing any person from any country in the world. First part was about Tagor, I think. Anyhow:

Name: Max Weber
Born: April 21st, 1864.
Died: June 14th, 1920.
Nationality: German

Max Weber was political economist and sociologist. One of the founders of the modern sociology. His famous work was "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism", it's a book began with the sociology of religion. Weber believed that Religion was one of the main reasons for the different ways the cultures of the Occident[west] and Orient[east] have developed.

His Other Work is "Politics as a Vocation", which he argued in it that The state should have a monopoly on the use of force. And, this is seen today in most countries in the world. The state has an absolute power on its people and no other power can challenge it, the state gives right for any party to use violence to enforce its laws. The abuse of using this monopolization of use of force causes Dectatorship. The absense of this Monopolization can be seen in a country like The Modern Somalia where tribes have its own power and that usually causes Civil wars. In general, This is seen in Africa and Dark Ages Europe.
Max Weber was an imperialist, he believed Germany should be an empire to ensure its existance...etc

In my Opinion, This Sociology of Religion Concept of Weber's might be true, but during the 20th century and now 21st century this concept might not applied any more since Other Human-made Socio-political ideologies are shaping the world cultures such as Communism, Globalism...etc. Therefore, Religion in the west and far east don't play any big role like it used to. Except the Middle East which is a special case.

Do You know that Weber indirectly led Hitler to power?
Yes, He did support the use of Article 48 in the Fderal Republic of Germany's Constitution after WWI which allowed Germany to have a dictator in state of emergency. He was not for Nazi but that article paved the way for Hitler to power.

Finally: He was continuing his work on the Sociology of Religion, He finished his work in The China's Religion impacts, India's Religion Imapcts. He was working on Judaism And Islam Impacts, but his work was interrupted by his sudden death in 1920.

Note: This article is written by [x]. Ref: Wikipedia.com


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