Summary Of "Fundamental Sociological Concepts" By Max Weber: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

By MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

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FUNDAMENTAL SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
SOCIOLOGY

A science that seeks first to interpret social action, to understand it and then to be able to explain it causally.
ACTION: human behavior in which the subject (actor) links a SUBJECTIVE SENSE to it.
SOCIAL ACTION: action in which the subjective sense is REFERRED TO THE CONDUCT OF OTHERS.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: Jan 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201152543

MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Summary Of Fundamental Sociological Concepts By Max Weber

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SUMMARY OF FUNDAMENTAL SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS BY MAX WEBER

First edition. January 27, 2022.

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Weber, Max 

FUNDAMENTAL SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS

SOCIOLOGY

A science that seeks first to interpret social action, to understand it and then to be able to explain it causally.

ACTION: human behavior in which the subject (actor) links a SUBJECTIVE SENSE to it.

SOCIAL ACTION: action in which the subjective sense is REFERRED TO THE CONDUCT OF OTHERS.

Methodological foundations

 SENSE:

The mentioned and subjective sense of the subjects of the action (intention or motivation):

a) existing in fact:

1) in a historical case

2) as an average

b) as built into an IDEAL TYPE

• MEANINGFUL ACTION AND SIMPLY REACTIVE BEHAVIOR

The limits between one type of action and another are only understood together with the subjectively mentioned meaning of non-reactive actions.

• THE EVIDENCE:

Evidence of understanding may be of a character:

a) Rational: logical or mathematical understanding. This evidence is IMMEDIATE AND UNIVOCAL:

1) grasp of logical and mathematical propositions

2) capturing a PRACTICAL SYLLOGISM: it is an argument in which the premises are the ends or the END of the subject and also the means needed to achieve the end and whose conclusion is ACTION.

EXAMPLE:

I'm thirsty (I want to quench my thirst)

Thirst passes if a drinkable liquid is ingested

I drink water (ACTION)

b) Endopathic: affective, receptive-artistic understanding

We can relive the states that we imagine in our studied subject with greater EVIDENCE according to the type of affect and its compatibility with our CHARACTER.

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF TYPES RESEARCHES AND EXPOSES ALL THE IRRATIONAL MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT INFLUENCE AS A DEVIATION FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A RATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO PURPOSES

THE CONSTRUCTION OF types has the advantage of allowing the use of clear and unique concepts. The downside lies in the ever-present difference between typical and real action.

• PROCESSES AND OBJECTS OUTSIDE THE MEANING

Everything that does not appear in the action AS ITS MEANING, that is, everything that cannot be reconstructed as a means or end of human action, are only with respect to the action OCCASION, STIMULUS AND OBSTACLE.

Despite being data that does not belong to the meaning of action, they are relevant data for sociological research, although SECONDARY. An example is the data provided by the science of physiology.

• UNDERSTANDING:

Interpretative capture of