SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Phantasmagoria, Ideal Type, Mcdonaldization

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Born into groups where collective representations (durkehim) or frames of mind (weber) dominate. Weber"s idea of the frame of mind and a set of values intergrade people into a social whole. Society as objective fact vs. skilled accomplishment. Born into society that surrounds us vs. constituted through meaningful social action. Use same methods as the main sciences. Weber draws inspirations from german philosophical tradition which is sciences of human mind and human spirit humanity; languages, classics, philosophy, religion. Weber"s methodological writings: historical school (historians collect facts and describe unique events in human history significance) Cannot generalize events because they are all different. Rise of a great individual change the course of history (ex. When looking at history you can see how the rise of great individuals has changed the course of events chance events change the course of history: orthodox marxism.