Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Action Action, The Takeaway, For Marx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2270A/B
• Professor: Robert Nonomura

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Lecture 12 - marx weber on rationaloty and its limits. Sociology a science concerned with the interpretive understanding of social action and thereby with a causal explanation of its course and consequences: for weber, we can comprehend some meanings without having actually done them! Social action = action + meaning: action in which the individual attaches a subjective meaning to his behaviour, action is social to the extent that subjective meaning takes account of the behaviour of others. Weber"s definition of power: the chance of a person to realize their own will in a social action, even against the resistance of others who are participating in this action: hence, can be exerted through: Key takeaways: 3 types of legitimate domination seem to reflect ideal types of meaning: rational, traditional, charismatic, power entails the chance of realizing one"s will, even against resistance.