Social action theory Flashcards
1
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Instrumentally rational action
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Actor calculates the most efficient way of achieving a goal - capitalist employer, low wages to employees
2
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Value rational
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Action towards a goal that the actor regards as desirable for their own sake - worship God to go heaven
3
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Traditional action
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Customary, routine, habitual actions - not rational, no conscious thought behind it - putting on clothes
4
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Affectual action
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Action that expresses emotion - crying out of grief
5
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Evaluation of Weber
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Schulz - Weber’s view of action is too individualistic, does not explain the shared nature of meanings
