Max Weber View

Synthesis of thought

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Weber view of history
Fragmentary and ahistorical. No knowledge of the world can be complete
Weber view of reality
Reality is unattainable because investigator and scope of inquiry are limited
Weber view of theory
Theory is the foundation of inquiry. Application of knowledge to inquiry is marginal
Weber view of social science knowledge
Social science explains through empirical findings
Weber view of politics
Social scientist is apolitical and objective
Weber view of values
Values separated from facts that are a basis for inquiry. Empirical science cannot provide binding norms.
Weber view of laws
History has no common laws . History cannot generate general laws for social science
Weber view of capitalism
Promtoes development through rationalization, efficiency, and stability
Weber view of dialectic
Capitalism transcends its contradictions through rational planning
Weber view of society
Ultimately secular and rationally bureacratic in industrial capitalism. Competition. The highest good viewed in a nationalist context
Weber view of state
Strengthens with industrial capitalism, imperialist expansions, and rationalzation of bureacratic order
Weber view of action
Actors reflect on subjective meaning of what they do or refrain from doing
Weber view of industrial freedom
Possible under capitalism, as long as people can choose among alternative life styles
Weber view of heuristic device (construct or categories)
Ideal tyoes in comparison with real situations
Weber view of method
Ideal typification