interpretivism key people

Question 1

weber

weber

Answer 1

1. says social institutions are shaped by human actions
2. webers methodology stresses social action rather than structural explanation
3. atgued we should work to understand the reality of an individual as they understood it

Question 2

what did weber argue we should do to understand the social world?

Answer 2

understand the reality of an individual/individuals as they understand it

Question 3

what does weber say social institutions are shaped by

Answer 3

human actions

Question 4

what does weber argue social phenomena can be explained by

Answer 4

social phenomena can be explained by reference to individual actions (opposite to marx and durkheim)