Prelims · 6 Indian Society · 6.2 Western thinkers

6.2.2 Max Weber: social action, ideal types, authority and bureaucracy

Weber, the German sociologist, made the meaning people give to their actions the subject of sociology, and explained the modern world as a process of rationalisation seen most clearly in capitalism and bureaucracy.

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Key terms

  • Weber
  • Verstehen
  • social action
  • ideal type
  • traditional authority
  • charismatic authority
  • legal-rational authority
  • bureaucracy
  • Protestant ethic
  • iron cage
  • class status party
  • rationalisation
  • Mission Karmayogi

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