SOCIOL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dominating Decision Rule, Lifeworld, Instrumental And Value Rationality
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Lecture 5: public v private didn"t exist, mass vs elite. 19th century- two developments: growth of a set of institutions-clubs, salons, coffee house, music concerts. Government should be a public sphere: 20th century: this public sphere collapses. Private individuals still exist, but public debate collapses commodi cation. Marx is missing interaction labor on nature entails instrumental rationality instrumental rationality (weber): means/ends rationality, focused more on means rationality. Science rationality is what moves society forward, according to weber value rationality (weber): respects to the ends/goals/improvements tendency of humans to do more/more ef cient. Marx says that con ict is what moves it forward communicative rationality: good/ef cient way to interact/ get along with other human beings. Literature/art (humanistic approach) good communication skills (non-dominated discourse) system-social setting (in addition to the natural world) that are large/formal lifeworld (analogous to system): social setting that are small and/or intimate. Science: formalized language, universally valid through general de nitions.
