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Unit-19: Sociology as a Interpretative Science, Concept of Verstehen and Ideal Type

humans can represented with thoughtful and logical manner. The ‘Type’ is established by these type notes
of selection and inclusion, called ‘Ideal Type ‘or Format. This ‘Ideal’ is not in this mean that any ideal
thought, assumption or method are imitate in their selection and establishment; this ideal is this mean
that it is a specific level or type which represent the reality of these types activity or whole behavior
or whole incident. It is ‘Type’ very beneficial for scientist and study work are become more accurate.
By this ‘Type’ is ideal for scientist. The word ‘Ideal’ is use only in this mean not in any one.
Max Weber is not claim to present any new thing for developing the perception ‘Ideal Format’, he is
present these more clear and accurate form from many other social science, by which on logic base the
relation of human activities with reason can only possible the study and analysis in arrange manner
and more accurate. Max Weber forced on this thing that social scientist should be use only those
perception in work study which is proved, information less and controlled with logical manner. At
the sight of scientific method, it is important, because without it scientific analysis and representation
of social activity are not possible.

Task What are the perceptions of Ideal Format? Briefly describe.

There are three main importance of ideal-format by Weber separate from the trend perception of
natural science.
1. The establishment of this ideal format is possible by the permission mean of the subject of the
action. In other words, in ideal format the mean is subject by the scientific point of view of, it is
not more important than action. It is called Verstehen in German language. This specialty is clear
the difference between social science and natural science. It is true that it perception of Max Weber
is taking by Dilthe and Simmal, but he present it different from those statements.
2. Ideal format is not the description and analysis of ‘Every Thing’, it is the social incident and
important side representation of subject and so in ideal format some element are present in
their pure form and some are intentionally omitted. By this some uncertainty and ambiguity
has not possible in ideal format and it became more accurate. So Max Weber could not make
rigid himself on the principle of their study, but he more forced that ideal format should
describe only logical elements of social activity pattern and which is not logically proved
or which not suitable in logic point of view; it should be leave or think about it in the form
of aware logic. It is signal at the side of specialty and specific quality of ideal format which
could be prove helpful to distinguish sociology in the form of a science.
3. Max Weber also attract ours attraction at this side that ideal format should be use in the form
of source and instrument only the strong historical problem; to find out the ideal format is
not possible the system of any type of stable principle in the field of sociology. But the social
problem are different according to situation and the format of these problem is related to
the specific viewpoint researcher so for their solution perception or ideal format will not
right to believe last.

selfassessment
fill in the blands—
1. Scholar believed the description and clarification as ………………………….. in social field.
2. In this viewpoint it is necessary to reorganized basic the………………………….. of social
incident.
3. In reality the field of social incident is………………….detailed and tough.

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