Rationalization - Max Weber
1. Rationalization refers to the replacement of traditions, values and emotions as motivators for behaviour in society with rational, calculated ones.
Further Explanation:
• In its primary sense, rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried to characterize in such a way that, for any action, belief, or desire, if it is rational we ought to choose it. 2. Tradition and Rationality
Exp:
Weber focused on ways people think about their world. Members of preindustrial societies are bound by tradition and people in industrial-capitalist societies are guided by rationality.
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By tradition, weber meant values and beliefs passed from generation to generation. In other words, traditional people are guided by the past. They consider particular actions right and proper mostly because they have been accepted for so long.
People in modern societies, however, favour rationality a way of thinking that emphasizes deliberate, matter-of-fact calculation of the most efficient way to accomplish a particular task. SENTIMENTAL TIES T OTHE PAST HAVE NO PLACE IN A RATIONAL WORLDWIEW WHIL IN TRADITIONAL THEY VALUE MORE ON IT LIKE THE FAMILY TIES. IN A RATIONAL SOCIETY, TRADITIONAL BECOMES ONE KIND OF AN INFORMATION.
Typically, modern people think and act on the basis of the present and the consequences in the future and their choices. They evaluate raltionshipsin terms of what they put into them and what they expect to receive in return.
Weber went on to describe modern society as “disenchantment” (tackle by desiree) because scientific thinking has swept away most of people’s sentimental ties to the past.
THE WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS ONE STRONG INDICATOR OF HOW RATIONALIZED A SOCIETY IS.
Why are some societies more eager than others to adopt new technology?
Those with a more rational worldview might consider new computer or medical technology a breakthrough, but those with a very traditional culture might reject such
Further Explanation:
• In its primary sense, rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried to characterize in such a way that, for any action, belief, or desire, if it is rational we ought to choose it. 2. Tradition and Rationality
Exp:
Weber focused on ways people think about their world. Members of preindustrial societies are bound by tradition and people in industrial-capitalist societies are guided by rationality.
More:
By tradition, weber meant values and beliefs passed from generation to generation. In other words, traditional people are guided by the past. They consider particular actions right and proper mostly because they have been accepted for so long.
People in modern societies, however, favour rationality a way of thinking that emphasizes deliberate, matter-of-fact calculation of the most efficient way to accomplish a particular task. SENTIMENTAL TIES T OTHE PAST HAVE NO PLACE IN A RATIONAL WORLDWIEW WHIL IN TRADITIONAL THEY VALUE MORE ON IT LIKE THE FAMILY TIES. IN A RATIONAL SOCIETY, TRADITIONAL BECOMES ONE KIND OF AN INFORMATION.
Typically, modern people think and act on the basis of the present and the consequences in the future and their choices. They evaluate raltionshipsin terms of what they put into them and what they expect to receive in return.
Weber went on to describe modern society as “disenchantment” (tackle by desiree) because scientific thinking has swept away most of people’s sentimental ties to the past.
THE WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS ONE STRONG INDICATOR OF HOW RATIONALIZED A SOCIETY IS.
Why are some societies more eager than others to adopt new technology?
Those with a more rational worldview might consider new computer or medical technology a breakthrough, but those with a very traditional culture might reject such