SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Path Dependence, 6 Years, Rationality
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Socb43 week 2 lecture thursday, january 16, 2014. Joined military, becoming close with aunt and uncle. Mother came form a literary, cultural family. Engaged for 6 years with his cousin. He was an intensive workaholic; wrote 900 page books a year while teaching. Married mary anne weber; had a romantic relationship; however, he had an affair when he was about 40. Father died a month after having a big fight with max weber, leading max weber to have a mental breakdown for 5 years. Gave 2 very important lectures at the end of his life. Died in 1920 last words the truth is the truth . To understand logic of society; one needs to understand what motivates people, what matters to them: power, status. Sometimes people do things for no reasons. Theory of action ; tells you the types of actions that exist. 2) value-oriented rationality (no matter the consequence: goal oriented (ex.
