Modern Societies

Question 1

rationalisation of society

Answer 1

historical change from tradition to rationality as the main type go human thought

Question 2

tradition

Answer 2

behavior, values and beliefs passed across generations

Question 3

rationality

Answer 3

way of thinking emphasising deliberate, matter-of-fact calculation

Question 4

bureaucracy characteristics [5]

Answer 4

specialisation, hierarchy, predictability, impersonal evaluation and treatment, paperwork

Question 5

post-industrial society

Answer 5

information-based, computer-assisted service work replaces manufacturing work as prime mode of production [differences in education backgrounds and careers]

Question 6

McDonaldisation of society

Answer 6

service work is also subject to rationalisation, as its main focus is efficiency, uniformity and control through automation [emotional labor!]

Question 7

discontents with rationalisation [3]

Answer 7

[1] Holocaust as the product of modernity
[2] technocracy - no appeal beyond scientific knowledge
[3] Weber’s iron cage - disenchantment