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Max Weber, Authority, and Leadership

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The influence of Max Weber (1864–1920) on political and sociological analysts and theorists is an undeniable fact, and there is no dispute about his impact on twentieth-century European thought. Although his ideas have been heavily criticized and assessed, after over a century now, they still seem to dominate the field of social sciences, particularly in the area of the study of authority and leadership.

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Poor, D.M. (2014). Max Weber, Authority, and Leadership. In: Authority without Territory. Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428806_2

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