OUTLINE FOR LECTURES ON MAX WEBER



OUTLINE FOR LECTURES ON MAX WEBER

I. Biography: tormented academic

A. Wanted to establish sociology as profession (“calling”)

B. Wanted to accommodate radical and conservative theories

C. Wanted to establish sociology as a “value free” discipline

II. Sociological/Theoretical Approach

A. Perspective: Liberal (philosophically)

B. Model: Interactional model

1. indeterminate

2. contingency

3. unlike dialectical and functional

Economy Culture

Individual Society

Government

C. Level of Analysis: Organizational: macro but not institutional

D. Focus: Political

1. what motivates political action?

a. class: life chances

b. status: lifestyle

c. party: power

2. why do people obey authority?

a. legitimacy

b. types of legitimate authority

Types of Social Action Types of LegitimateAuthority

Traditional Traditional

Affective Charismatic

Value Rational Legal Rational

Instrumental Rational

III. Theory/Explanation of Social Change: rationalization

A. Shift from traditional to legal-rational authority

B. Charismatic leaders and social movements

C. Routinization and institutionalization

Model of SOCIAL CHANGE

other factors

other factors return to

traditional or

failure established

traditional social institutions

(established) movement

institutions modern

routinization legal-rational

charismatic institutions

leader

other

factors

IV. Method: Historical-Comparative

A. Procedure

1. interpretive

2. typification

3. generalization

B. Applications

1. U.S. Protestantism and Capitalism

2. Modern university as bureaucracy

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