sociology short notes and facts : part 3

Max weber : part 1

• Birth: 21 April 1864

• Sociology is science which attempts the interpretive understanding of social action casual explanation of Social Action casual explanation of its cause and effect.
• Weber thinking was strongly influence by william Dilthey
• Also influenced by Henrich Ricket
• Individual Social Action

Ideal Types:

• pure categories of mental construct
• Verstehen (understanding/interpretation) is what differentiated sociology from other social sciences.
• sociology is different from other social science for its methodology.
• Rationalism:

Too much rules and constraints.

Disenchtment

Too  many calculations in the world