Web Links

Verstehen: Max Weber's Home Page
	This site covers some of the same ground as the chapter in your text, but extends the discussion of Weber's notion of causality and a theory of sociocultural evolution. It also includes some lengthy quotations from Weber's work. ( http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm )

Sociology Dictionary
	This site is a comprehensive dictionary of sociology containing thousands of concepts. Students might find it a useful resource for defining key sociological concepts. ( http://www.webref.org/sociology/sociology.htm )

The Dead Sociologists' Society
	This site provides links and resources on every conceivable aspect of sociology, from theory to professional organizations. ( http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/DEADSOC.HTML )

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology, Sociological Theory, and Theorists
	This virtual library contains links to full texts of many classical theorists - including Max Weber - as well as bibliographies and essays about sociological theory. ( http://www.mcmaster.ca/socscidocs/w3virtsoclib/theories.htm )

The Theory Section of the American Sociological Association
	The purpose of the ASA Section on Theory is to foster the development of this aspect of sociology through the organized interchange of ideas, teaching experiences, research programs, and results. ( http://www.asanet.org/sections/theory.html )

Sociosite: Max Weber
	This site contains many links to works by and about Max Weber, in English and German, as well as a bibliography of Weber's writings. ( http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/Topics/weber.html )

Weberian Sociology of Religion
	This site focuses on Weber's sociology of religion, as well as many original applications of his ideas to religion and society in Japan. ( http://www.ne.jp/asahi/moriyuki/abukuma/ )

Criticisms of Weber's Protestant Ethic Thesis
	This paper concisely summarizes the contentions of some of Weber's critics. It also discusses the impact of Weber's arguments regarding religion and capitalism on 20th-century sociology. ( http://www.cad.gatech.edu/support/sandra/paper.html )

Max Weber, Social Action Theorist
	This site focuses on Weber's theory of action. It also draws some comparisons between Marx and Weber on a number of points, especially their arguments on class. ( http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/WEBER/Weber.htm )