Max Weber
German sociologist, jurist, and political economist (1864–1920)
Summary
Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research.
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I specified that modern capitalism's creation was influenced in the lead.
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I corrected the reason for his resumption of teaching.
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removed [[Category:Critics of work and the work ethic]]; added [[Category:German critics of work]] using [[WP:HC|HotCat]]
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/* Marriage, early work, and breakdown */ I resolved an unexpected error and trimmed a few things.
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/* General and cited sources */ I removed the depreciated archive.today URLs. #proveit
Typo fixing, replaced: indviduals → individuals, proffessionals → professionals, -icly → -ically
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Bot: http → https
Among other mild changes, I corrected the translated name of LMU Munich.
Moving [[:Category:Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] to [[:Category:Academic staff of LMU Munich]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]
I added a concept and corrected a few more dates. #proveit
