Max Weber

Max Weber are a German philosopher, capitalist, economist, and he born on April 21,

1864 in Erfurt, Germany. And he began his work on 1903 and the major concept of his

work was all about methodology, capitalism and religion, his most famous work are the

protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, but how Weber contributes in sociology?

Lets answers that by starting in the theory of Bureaucracy by Max Weber, but before we

go on lets first define the meaning of Rationality it is a application of system and precise

modes pursuit of specific goals and ends, according to Weber there are four types of

rationality substantive, formal, practical and theoretical or technical. Substantive is talk

to founded on belief in values, ideals, goals by the ends of individual pursue their own

sake and, the formal rationality is calculating the means over ends and looking for the

most effective and efficient by means of attaining a particular goals, practical rationality

a way of looking the world in which an act of believed in lie and in its function or utility,

and the theoretical rationality it said that to impose order on reality through concepts of

reasoning and to use of abstract.

And also Weber and the ideal types, but what means of ideal types of Weber? Ideal

type was deemed to the most desirable way to understand such a phenomena, and as

a means of analyzing the behavior of individual and it help to explain why individual

behave in a certain manner.

Now that we know what Weber means by the concepts of rationality and ideal type, lets

go to Webers bureaucracy. According to google, Bureaucracy is a system of

government which the appointed officials produce most important decisions in the
government rather than the elected leaders and officials. For Weber, bureaucracy does

not mean to political system, but he defined as a continuous professionalized and ruled-

governed from an administration.

Webers legitimate types of authority.

He began by saying that the use of these concepts of authority or dominations is the

same. As per Weber, domination is different to power, because power is a ability of

individual to carry out their will in a given situation. Domination is contrast refer to the

right of the ruler within an stabilized order to issue command to others, and expect them

to obey.

Webers concepts about Element of Dominations.

1. Concern for legitimacy and subject perceptions that authority is legitimate.

2. Development of administrative staff that will out the orders.

4 different characteristics about system of domination:

1. Systems claim to legitimacy.

2. Kind of obedience which the system drives from the people.
3. Kind of administrative staffs establish to implement laws, rules and policies.
4. Manner by which the systems exercise authority or domination.

3 types of Legitimate Domination

 1. Legal authority/Rational grounds

Resting on belief in the legality of pattern of normative rules and the right of those

elevated to authority under such rules to issue commands.

2. Traditional ground/authority

Resting establish belief in sanctity of immemorial traditions and the legitimacy of

the status of those exercising authority under them.

3. Charismatic grounds/authority.

Resting on devotions to the specific and expectational sanctity, heroism or

exemplary character of an individual person, and of normative patterns of order

revealed or ordained by him.

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