Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Verstehen, Ideal Type, Social Actions
3 Apr 2016
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The example of a theorist whos methodology clearly influences his theory. His theory and his methodology are in some sense the same thing. He addresses the macro as well and the essence of his logic is neither. He creates a methodology that compels us to hear voices. Lays the work for giddens work on structuration. Weber doesn"t use the word voice, means the same thing but calls it the relevance of meaning. Best way to understand weber is go back to durkheim: Uni-causal; always looking for the major cause of something. If data avail he will use methods of the natural sciences and methods of the cultural sciences ; use cultural scientific methods and natural methods. Going to argue that there can never be a cause of something, that there must always be many possible causes of events. Instead of social acts he talks about social actions.
