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| | Literary Encyclopedia: Weber, Max |
 | | Max Weber, the German sociologist, historian and philosopher, was born in Erfurt, Germany on 21 April, 1864, the eldest of seven children of Max Weber, Sr. |
 | | Weber was primarily concerned with modern Western society, in which, as he saw it, behavior had become increasingly dominated by goal-oriented rationality, whereas in earlier periods it tended to be motivated by tradition, affect, or value-oriented rationality. |
 | | Weber’s interest in the nature of power, authority and the various paths of rationalization led to him to explore the nature of bureaucracy, which he saw as the distinctive mark of the modern era. |
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