Social Action

What is Social Action?

A micro theory how human meanings and actions create society

Who created Social Action Theory

Max Weber

social Action

through social action it is important for us to observe and interpret human behavior because they shape society

Max Weber

Greatest individual to sociology

Types of Social Changes

Pre Industrial society - Tradition

Industrial And capitalist - Rationality

What do ideal types do

use to Sharpen the comparison between society…. used as a methodogyal tool looks

What are the categories humans are placed in?

1. Traditional

2. Value oriented rationality

3. Affective Action

4. Absolute Rationality

NOTE

Weber states that the is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate domination

Types of society according to max weber

1. traditional - based on customary practices

2. charismatic - based on leaders personal attributes

3. rational legal authority - derives from formal rules

Calvinism

a Christian religious movement  spawned by the Protestant Reformation. Calvinists approached life in a highly disciplined and rationalistic way.

What was the name of the book weber wrote

The Protestant Ethnic and the Spirit of Capitalism

NOTE #2

Weber mentioned that capitalism is a legacy of Calvinism