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MAX WEBER-How is rationalization\modernization possible (Methodological…
MAX WEBER
-How is
rationalization\modernization
possible
SOCIAL CHANGE
happens due to the process of Rationalization (way of thinking-culture)
Modernization
is the process of social change initiated by
industrialization
POLITICAL TENSIONS - Socialists (Revolution) vs Army & Aristocracy (anti-democratic)
Methodological essays-
value freedom in science, ideal types, verstehen, rationalization, bureaucratisaton
VALUE FREEDOM IN SCIENCE
-distinguish between being & belonging, between researcher & advocate
*AN IDEAL TYPE
-*provides the investigator with the basic method for a comparative study. It is not meant to be a moral ideal (there can be an ideal type for a brothel). it is used to deveop hypothesis & is neccessary for explaining historical developments
e.g. for the IDEAL TYPE in POWER- traditional, charismatic, rational-legal
VERSTEHEN-INTERPRETATION
- specific social science, knowledge goal= understanding through interpretation, focus on cultural significance, prefrence for qualitative methods
INTERPRETATIVE INDIVIDUALISM-society is a constant social interaction based on symbolic communication
RATIONALIZATION
-replacement of traditions, values, emotions as motivators for behavior in society with CONCEPTS based on rationality & reason
MOTIVATIONS TO ACT-
Traditional, Affective,
Wert rational (
value rational) or
Zweck rational
(goal rational)
e.g. GOAL RATIONAL-dominant in ecnomics vs VALUE RATIONAL= values & norms limit goals/ from a GOAL RATIONAL point of view it may be rational to settle in a certain country with your factory, but because we dont accept child labour we wont do it
DISENTECHEMENT-
religion rejects magic, science rejects divine powers, modern technology breaks ties with traditions, secularization of social life
SECULARIZATION
-religion is less central in society, divison state-church.
DEMYSTIFICATION-
Entzaueberung-Religion it self is rationalized
FORMALIZATION OF THE STATE
- unique western system= constituion, laws, officials, general rules.
BUREACRATIZATION
=predictable regulations, reliable money system, gurantee for equal treatment
negative consequences of Rationalization=
problem of meaning & alienation
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shift from WERT (traditional) to
ZWECK (rational)