SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - Verstehen, Charismatic Authority, Ideal Type
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Rationalization (max weber): application of human mind to the world (science), rise of science to tell the truth. Rationalization also meant restructuring key organizations in society in a rational way by planning, organizing, thoughts, flow charts, functions, hierarchies, etc. Bureaucracy is a symbol of it (ex: not allowing to enrolling in some courses due to higher authorities). Weber wants to understand what happens when our lives are bureaucratized. Differentiation (durkheim): it was broader; like religion, music, etc. Individualization (simmel): rise of megacities (metropolis) that has an effect on people"s lives. You could be free as people don"t know you unlike in small towns. He thought of consequences- people become mobile, find out who you are (become an individual), desensitizing humanity of other people around you (bystander effect), etc. Max weber- life: born in 1864, oldest of 7 children, parents were protestants, his father was in politics (liberal), mother"s family was intellectuals/artists and moralistic; a cultured family.
