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Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology

Max Weber · University of California Press · 1978

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Max Weber
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2026-09-01
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Edited by Guenther Roth and Claus Wittich; translation of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (1922). Two volumes.

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EstablishedMax Weber distinguished three grounds on which people may believe in the legitimacy of a political order: tradition, faith in the charisma of rulers, and trust in its legality, specifically the rationality of the rule of law.