Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Max Weber gave the famous definition of the state as a 'human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory'. In which work did Weber say this?
AEconomy and Society
BPolitics as a Vocation ✓ Correct
CThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
DThe Vocation Lectures
Correct answer: (B) Politics as a Vocation — Weber gave this definition of the state in Politics as a Vocation.
Explanation
★Weber gave this definition of the state in Politics as a Vocation.
★It was a lecture he delivered to students in Munich in 1919.
★There he defined the state by its monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in a territory.
★This force-based and territorial definition is one of the most quoted in political science.
★Economy and Society is his vast systematic work on types of authority and social action.
★The Protestant Ethic links Calvinist values to the rise of modern capitalism.
★So the famous state definition belongs specifically to Politics as a Vocation.
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