Brenda Weigandt

Maren Freudenberg Germany – Ruhr University Bochum Research area: Religion and economy, religion and modernity, Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Christianity in the USA. ‘Weber laid the groundwork for many issues relevant to the sociology of religion today, such as the importance of the social forms of religion, theories of charisma and authority, comparative approaches in studying religions, and … Leer más

Mathurin Schweyer France – EHESS (LIER-FYT), Goethe-Universität (Institut für Philosophie) Research area: Critical theory, Social philosophy, Philosophy of social sciences. ‘I discovered Weber in the context of my PhD in philosophy on family authority, since he is an essential reference for understanding how the state and capitalist economic structures have configured the family institution in … Leer más

Moritz Hinsch Germany – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Research area: Social and economic history of the Greco-Roman world. ‘Weber’s most important contribution are not the answers he gave, but the questions he asked and the approaches he took to answer them. Weber’s historical, yet firmly analytical, approach continues to serve as an inspiration in the field of … Leer más

Martin Lutz Germany – Humboldt University of Berlin Research area: Social and Economic History. ‘Max Weber is a towering figure in the social sciences and in the humanities. We should not take everything he wrote at face value but likewise not ignore it. Weber’s work needs to be put into in historical perspective in order … Leer más

Charles Lawrence USA – Seattle University Research area: Sociology, ontological anthropology, the impact of industrial revolutions on social-political thought and possible political futures (Charbonnier), and sociological/psychological analyses of the emergence of right-wing populism in the United States. ‘I studied at the New School for Social Research under Benjamin Nelson, a Weber and Freud scholar.  Weber’s … Leer más

Bruna Bolda Brazil – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Research area: Actuality of Max Weber’s social theory, Weber’s method (micro-macro problem), Weber’s social ontology, Weber-Paradigm. ‘I’ve been writing about Max Weber since the early years of graduation when I became interested in his studies of world religions. At this time, my research had a more … Leer más

Sérgio da Mata Brazil – Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Research area: History of Ideas in Germany (19th – 20th Centuries), History of Historiography, Theory of History ‘There are not many scholars, like Max Weber, that remain bonnes à penser one hundred years after their death.’ Find me on Academia.edu!