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How Well Do We Know Max Weber After All? A New Look at Max Weber and His Anglo-German Family Connections

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Guenther Roth's study places Max Weber in an intricate network of ties among members of his lineage. This paper presents core findings of Roth's analysis of Weber's family relations, discusses the validity of Roth's core theses and some of the implications of his analysis for Weber as a person and scholar, and addresses how Roth's book may influence future approaches to Weber's sociology.

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Kaelber, L. How Well Do We Know Max Weber After All? A New Look at Max Weber and His Anglo-German Family Connections. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 17, 307–327 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJPS.0000002999.47640.fc

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