Carl David Alfred Weber (1868 to 1958) was a German economist, geographer, sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist whose work was influential in the development of modern economic geography. His other work focused on the sociology of knowledge and on the role of intellectuals in society, and in particular he introduced the concept of the free-floating intelligentsia, in German Freischwebende Intelligenz. He was the brother of the influential sociologist Max Weber.
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was a German economist, geographer, sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist
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was a German economist, geographer, sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist
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