SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Ancient Greek Religion, Instrumental And Value Rationality, Protestant Work Ethic
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Ideal types-drinking coffee, variety of coffees but it"s an ideal type: social action and types of action-any action can comprise of four components, can understand the dominant action, rationalization. Attempt to replace ambiguity, the unexpected multiple possibilities or richness of life with calculated predictability. Driven by certain predictable calc rules, procedures. Concept similar but not identical to alienation. Proper rules and regulations, cost benefit analysis-appears not only in institutions but other increasing bureaucratization of social life spears of life. Id"s t-card, registration of birth cert. deaths, addresses . well i might know who you are but i need your id-based on impersonal relationships. World slowly becoming irrationalized does not mean in neg sense. More and more instituions begin to resemble eachother-airports not much difference. Hospitals and airports make life easier bc its universal. No need for personalities-ex fast food customer and worker. Weber- this universal phenomenon more and more restricts the importance of charisma and individually differentiated conduct (charismatic bureaucrat)
