Lec 49: Social Action, Methodological Individualism and Causation | Max Weber

In this lecture, we will study about:
1. Theory of Social Action as propounded by Max Weber.
2. Max Weber argues that Sociology is Interpretive sociology because it uses Verstehen to understand it's subject matter that is Social Action
3. Weber argues that Social action is shaped by hidden meanings and motives.
4. Max Weber methodology to approach Sociology was shaped by Nomothethic vs ideographic debate. Max Weber was influenced by Neokantians like Heinrich Rickert, Dilthey and Windleband.
5.Weber advocates for Causal Pluralism and linkages of causation with probability. Causal relations are partial and probable relations.
6. Weber rejects Karl Marx's Economic Determinism and Durkheim's Social Or Cultural Determinism.
7. Microsociology and it's emergence has roots in Weber's Social Action theory
8. Weber argues that it is the individual social action which creates the social structure.
9. Weber talks about Methodological Individualism and value relevance and value neutrality in sociology.
10. Weber also gave the Methodology of ideal types.
11. Weber categorises the social action into 4 types I. e. Zweck rational action, value rational action, traditional action and Affective action.
12. Coleman gives a micro-macro model which supports Weber arguments of action creating structure and structure shaping human action.
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New addmission, sir... little difficulty in English but I'm trying to understand. (Starting from beginning..)
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Btw great lecture that goes without saying..

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[@vaishaliyadav9050]

Thanks sir

[@Gayathri_ganesan]

Sir at 40:14 isn't it Durkheim and Parsons who suffer from Cultural or Social determinism. This was the critic of Weber on both of them. Right sir ???

[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Yes.

[@shashwata007able]

Sir can u provide me the timestamp of methodological individualism, bit struggling with it

[@priyoti9629]

Apka koi lecture pdf/ documents pe hain??

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Gm sir

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very nice ..

[@ayushpatna]

Sir what is social causation perspective of RM mac'ver

[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Not aware of it.... Not relevant from upsc point of view.... You could google it though!!

[@ayushpatna]

@@kaarwan-e-upsc its in bpsc syllabus

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thank you sir