Max Webers Staatssoziologie

Max Weber’s views and reflections lie at the foundation of analysing the modern state and still influence debate on state theory today regardless of whether the subject under discussion is the sole right to use force or the question of the rationality and legitimacy of the state. However, Weber’s ideas on state sociology do not form a coherent and immutable whole – his observations are fragmented and allow for various interpretations. What significance do his judgements have in helping us to understand the modern and the premodern state?
In this high-profile and highly esteemed book, the authors present the most important aspects of Weber’s ideas and examine their relevance to modern state theory.