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Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University Unit-20: Theory of Social Action and Types of Social Action

unit-20: theory of social action and types of social action notes

contents
Objectives
Introduction

20.1 Subject Matter
20.2 Theory of Social Action
20.3 Characteristics of Social Action
20.4 Types of Social Action
20.5 Methods of Understanding Social Action

20.6 Summary
20.7 Keywords
20.8 Review Questions
20.9 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y Social action in the form of subject matter of sociology,
y Specialty of Sociological Action,
y Types of Sociological Action.

introduction

The principle of action has a special importance in the ideology of Max Weber because by your
opinion social action is the central study thing of sociology. For forcing these facts the sociology as
already written, define in the form of such science, “Which is trying to perform explanatory sense of
sociological action, thereby its action and result can present clarification with reason.” Social action is
different from normal action or individual action. For explain this thing Weber highlights the specialty
and types of sociological action; but before it you clarify the special mean of social action.

20.1 subject matter

The aim of Weber was make science to sociology. For achieving this goal he is rendering the principle
of ideal type. In this principle, he tried to tell that there is also causation relation in sociological science.
The knowledge of causation relation can achieve on the bases of explanation of sociological incident.
Therefore, Max Weber is also called the father of explanatory sociology.
Max Weber gave the definition of sociology in their book ‘Theory of Social and Economic
Organization’.

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