The book is a collection of works on sociology by one of the leading Western sociologists of the 19th–20th centuries. M. Weber (1864–1920), who had and continues to have a significant influence on its development. The works included in the collection reflect his ideas about the connection between sociology and history, about “understanding sociology”, the concept of “ideal types”, etc. M. Weber is often called in the West “the great bourgeois antipode of Karl Marx” and even “the Marx of the bourgeoisie” “The book includes “Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism”, research on the methodology of science, various sociological articles. Designed for sociologists, philosophers, and anyone interested in issues of social development. The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.