REL 2000 Chapter : RQ 6 1 Weber
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149 165: what did durkheim, freud, and marx have in common, and how does this contrast with. Durkheim, freud and marx all believe that religion is not reality but reflection. Verstehen is a german word for understanding. the study of nature and humans are very different. Natural science focuses on objects without a mind. However, social science focuses on the reason why people do the things they do (pg. An ideal type can be defined as the general idea, but not a generalization. It can be better defined as an intended exaggeration of the max outline of the subject. Pals explains further when saying, the key is that the ideal-type furnishes a conceptual framework into which all cases can be brought for analysis (pg. General constantine was a convert who was supersticious, he believed in. The general"s monotheism or faith were not pure. Pals is not convinced, though, that weber achieved that. Weber tries to describe his views as value-free.
