Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography.(Book review)

The Historian | December 22, 2005| | Copyright

Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography. By Fritz Ringer. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Pp. 307. $19.00.)

There exist several hundred books and articles on German social scientist Max Weber [1864-1920], and one may therefore ask if another book on this topic is needed and if the recent work by Fritz Ringer stands out in the crowd. As to the first question, it is actually the case that we do need more studies of Weber. There are several reasons for this, including the difficulty of penetrating and assessing many aspects of Weber's work and the often low ...

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