SOSC 2350 Lecture 9: The sociology of Weber and Durkheim- Lecture 9.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2350
• Professor: Tanja Juric

Document Summary

Rational legal rational (modern law and bureaucracy: rational legal authority is anchored in impersonal rules that have been legally established. (cid:224) notion of formalistic impersonality" (cid:224) the rule of law as an example: assures predictability, calculability and stability. (cid:224) notion of bureaucracy is important here for weber, bureaucratic organizations were an attempt to subdue human affairs to the rule of reason (i. e: to make it possible to conduct the business of the organization according to calculable rules (cid:224) economic organization: in the business of making a profit generation a surplus. (cid:224) business is conducted primarily through written rules records, and communications. Weber"s types of authority: charismatic: devotion to exemplary character of an individual person (i. e. certain quality not accessible to the ordinary person, authority only legitimate only if followers accept claim/meaning, seen to have a calling which interrupts and challenges everyday routines, not bound to intellectually analyzable rules (supernatural?)