Cultural Knowledge Max Weber (1864-1920 Max Weber was a German sociologist, one of the founders of sociology. His ideas which spanned subjects from economic history to the sociology of music, continue to be extremely influential. For a young person in the U.s. to be reading Weber would be a marker of a strong intellectMax Weber (1864-1920 Max Weber was a German sociologist, one of the founders of sociology. His ideas which spanned subjects from economic history to the sociology of music, continue to be extremely influential. For a young person in the U.S. to be reading Weber would be a marker of a strong intellect. Cultural Knowledge