Max Weber
The Work
Max Weber conceived of sociology as a comprehensive science
of social action. In his analytical focus on individual
human actors he differed from many of his
predecessors whose sociology was conceived in
social-structural terms. Spencer concentrated on the
evolution of the body social as analogous to an organism.
Durkheim's central concern was with institutional
arrangements that maintain the cohesion of social
structures. Marx's vision of society was informed by his
preoccupa
