Social Action 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySocial ActionWeberUniversityNone Created by: Luke BartholomewCreated on: 24-01-14 15:50 “Weber’s entire sociology, if we accept his words at face value was Based on his conception of social actions” Ritzer 1 of 14 For Weber, the subject matter of sociology was Social action/social conduct 2 of 14 The world is made up of People doing things 3 of 14 Society is produced through Individual and collective actions 4 of 14 He made a clear the difference between Action and reactive behaviour 5 of 14 Weber felt that behaviour was reserved for For an automatic process which requires very little if any mental process occurring (not of any interest to Weber) 6 of 14 Weber was more concerned with action That involved the intervention of “thought processes” between the “occurrence of a stimulus and the response” 7 of 14 To Weber sociological analysis involved “The interpretation of actions in terms of its subjective meaning” 8 of 14 Although this may seem as if by embedding his analysis in mental processes, Weber was quick to point out the it was wrong to say that Psychology was the basis of sociological analysis 9 of 14 In Weber social action theory, it was clear his intent was to... “focus on individuals and patterns and regularities of action and not on the collectively” 10 of 14 Weber identified 4 types of action: Means end rationality... “Is determined by expectations as to the behaviour of objects in the environment." Your actions depend on the environment in which you are placed 11 of 14 Value rationality... You do this action because of something you believe in regardless of the consequence of the action 12 of 14 Affectual action... Is determined by the emotional state of the actor 13 of 14 Traditional action Is determined by the actors habitual and customary ways of behaving 14 of 14
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