CIVILISATIONS TODAY: Rule of Law Difference

Abstract

Max Weber is now almost generally acknowledged as the greatest social scientist ever. The genius from Heidelberg mastered all varieties of social science: economics, politics, religion and history. And he adhered to the canons of modern philosophy of science. His most famous books on religion and capitalism – WEBER’S THESIS – are debated over and over again. For understanding globalization today, a critique of the Weber thesis is essential with available information a hundred years later than Weber. I wish to argue that Weber made a mistake in focusing upon modern capitalism as well as that his concept of legal-rational authority is ambiguous. What distinguishes the civilisations of the world now is the enforcement of the rule of law.