Wolfgang Schluchter
Wolfgang Schluchter is a German sociologist and, as of 2006, professor emeritus at the University of Heidelberg. Schluchter is recognized as a leading sociologist of religion and an authority on the history of sociological theory, in particular on the work of Max Weber. He was visiting professor at several universities worldwide, including the University of Pittsburgh, the New School for Social Research, and the University of California at Berkeley.- Max Weber’s Vision of History. Ethics and Methods. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1979.
- The Rise of Western Rationalism: Max Weber's Developmental History. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1985.
- Rationalism, Religion, and Domination. A Weberian Perspective. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1989.
- Paradoxes of Modernity. Culture and Conduct in the Theory of Max Weber. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1996.
- Max Weber and Islam. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J., 1995
- Public Spheres and Collective Identities. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2000
