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- max_weber
- theorists, Weber's theory of society is based on action. This means that a society comes into being through the individual and collective actions of its members. Social action has meaning and purpose. It accomplishes something valuable for society an... that sense, embodiments of the meaningful social actions of individuals and groups. ## The four types of
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- stays-dirty-in-our-minds. ## Types of social action ## * Traditional: Like a habit or an unquestioned rule. * Affective: Emotionally motivated action, personally meaningful action. * Value-rational (*Wertrational*): The pursuit of a collective good or ... est deal. Means-ends calculation. For Weber some actions, and some societies, are more rational than othe
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- ideas or objects which people believe are sacred. Actions can be sacred too. What seems important to relig... sacred. Let's call this **ritual**, a pattern of action which is connected to the sacred. Ritual, or sacred action, is a kind of social fact. It is, furthermore, fu... y come together as a "church" to engage in sacred action. Durkheim takes this as a general rule: All socie
- the_charisma_of_the_coronavirus
- erm. For Weber, a society is a set of patterns of action. For people in a society, following these pattern... s has meaning, and people are aware of what their actions mean (Weber [1922] 1972). Weber was much more interested in seeing people’s actions for the messages they give. He was less interested in what people’s actions give off, and believed that the unintentional me
- 5 @2700:2025
- is a mile long (see “Agency, n.” 2024). ==== II. Action, capacity to act. ==== * **II.4. Ability or ca... act or exert power; active working or operation; action, activity.** * For instance, //I know what we... to achieve what I think is best.// * **II.5.a. Action or intervention producing a particular effect; me... up | |Rules, norms, patterns | |Actions, projects, processes | |Meaning is structural
- 7.1 @1002:2018
- ory of society starts with the concept of "social action". There are four types of social action, each based on a type of meaning they embody. * Traditional: I d... most for the least amount of effort. ## Social action and society ## People are always motivated to ac... in a single form. People do different kinds of actions in different kinds of contexts. Different soci
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- bout what other people wear. * Dress is a social action - it sends a message, even if that message is not... Weber and hipsters ## * Weber's theory of social action is relevant here: To understand social action, we must look at the meaning the actors puts in their action. * There are many levels of meaning in any one
- religion_and_economy
- nd generally bound individuals to the collective. Actions thus expressed religious ideas, affirmed the rul... e, for Weber, represent different types of social action, distinguishable by the motivations underlying th... offers an alternative way of locating meaning in action. Charisma draws people out of what they know and forces them to evaluate their own reasons for action; in other words, to define their selfhood in indi
- 2.2.0 @1001:2020
- KJS~~ ====== The social world is a stage, and our actions are symbols ====== ===== The social world is a stage, and our actions are symbols ===== Ryan Schram ANTH 1001: Intro... reatively. It seems like he is talking about the actions and practices that are not idiosyncratic but are... Goffman and Garfinkel were thinking about social action as communication, the psychologist Solomon Asch w
- 6 @2700:2025
- ~DECKJS~~ ====== Social subjects beyond norm and action ====== ===== Social subjects beyond norm and action ===== Ryan Schram\\ ANTH 2700: Key debates in anthr... ms, but they do judge and evaluate other people’s actions and their own in the course of interactions. ===== Every action sends a message. Everyday life is a conversation.
- 11 @2700:2025
- one into social reality. * **Seeing is social action.** To look at other people is to act on other peo... ater for two people, but maybe that’s what social action is. The agent in society is not an individual, it... es other people see and will do in response to an action. * The true source (locus) of **effective social action** is not the individual person but the relationsh
- 8 @2700:2022
- rom the ground up, in terms of patterns of social action. Forms of social action can be more or less rational, and can be rational in different ways. Social actions can be motivated by * Tradition: This is the way it has always been done * Emotion: This action expresses how I feel personally * Value-rationa
- 8 @6916:2024
- rom the ground up, in terms of patterns of social action. Forms of social action can be more or less rational, and can be rational in different ways. Social actions can be motivated by * Tradition: This is the way it has always been done * Emotion: This action expresses how I feel personally * Value-rationa
- description_of_a_speech_event @3621:2024
- e engage in speech acts, or use speech to take an action. A speech event will be typically be found in a s... speaking, or distinct ways to use speech to take actions in speech events. In one of your speech communit... nstitutions, and most are not solitary.) * What actions do people perform in the event? What are the tur... e of a typical event and can record a sequence of actions in real time, then replay them in slow motion. A
- 13 @2700:2022
- eople act as individuals, but the effect of these actions depends on the reactions of others. * Wearing... n, that is, someone who cannot be responsible for action. Groups also act, but in individualist cultures, the actions of groups are usually only recognized because the groups are seen as big individuals * Actions of a corporation, a nation-state, or another org