Max Weber is one of the greatest political thinkers of the 20th century. He actively participated in the political life of Germany, was a prominent publicist and author of a number of in-depth studies of modern politics. Weber became famous primarily for his fundamental writings, in which, in particular, he proposed a systematic of sociological concepts, among which one of the central places is occupied by the concepts of power and domination. The works collected in this volume combine theoretical and methodological work with concepts, an up-to-date analysis of party political life, and a broad historical and critical view of the evolution of the profession of politics in the West in the modern era, the era of rational bureaucracy and the charisma of leaders. This edition, compiled by Alexander Filippov, Doctor of Sociology, includes the works: "Politics as a Vocation and Profession" and "Basic Sociological Concepts".The publisher's layout has been saved in a4.pdf format.