Max Weber (1864 - 1920)Weber, German thinker and sociologist , introduced common conceptual borders of sociology, developed a coherent social sciences philosphy and finally he declared the characteristics of the modern industrial society. Because of these, he is known as the father of modern sociology.
Weber claimed that sociology cannot reach general-current laws as natural sciences do. According to this, we try to reach universal laws in natural sciences. However it can't be the purpose of social sciences which tries to understand social activities in historial context.
Weber catagorized the social activity under 4 main titles. These are , with numerical order, traditional activity, emotional activity, rational activity and instrumental activity. Weber tried to find the origin of rationalism and saw it in the Protestant culture. Seeing this, because Protestant culture underlines self-confidence and rational science he thought Protestant Etiquettes had an important role in birth and development of capitalism.
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