Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): This man wrote that the "polytheism" of incompatible "value spheres" implies a need for "value-free" science. He defined modernity as "disenchantment" and wrote critical surveys of The Religion of China and India. This man defined the state as an entity with a monopoly on legitimate force and warned of charismatic authority in "Politics as a Vocation." This sociologist revered Benjamin Franklin and noted that Dutch merchants could display their elect status through material wealth in a study which asked why Western Europe developed faster economically. For 10 points, name this early German sociologist who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Output (English): Science