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Unit-20: Theory of Social Action and Types of Social Action

Max Weber tells some methods to give the behavioural form to hard social action and understand notes
them. By these methods Weber tries to easily understand activities of different type humans. For
understand the social action main method are show in chart.

(Rational Method) (Emotional Method)

(Logical Method) (Mathematical Method) (Direct Observation Method) (Explanatory Method)

The description of method of understand the social action are perform by Max Weber in above chart
the brief deliberation are following-
1. rational method: The first method to understand the social action of Max Weber is rational.
In this, method rational and discretion are most important. There are many such sociological
actions, which cannot understand without, rational. The action understands by rational Max
Weber divided it in to two part which deliberation is presenting:
a. Logical method: Logic based action are called logical action. Weber tells the first part
of rational method is based on logic to understand the sociological action. He accepts
that there are different action are happening in human life which can understand by
the logic and discretion. Example, the student of zoology to take admission in medical
college is based on logic and rational. That work is understood by logic and discretion.
Opposite it any student takes the admission in engineering college then its activity is
cannot understand by logic.
b. mathematical method: The second type of rational method is based on math.
Mathematical actions are those, which can understand by math. Like 2 +2=4, there is
not any doubt. The action of performing four with two and two it cannot understand
by any median.
2. emotional method: According to Max Weber the second method of understanding the
social action is based on emotion which can decide by the emotions of human. Human is a
sociological creature. In addition, other than he is emotion base. He is not operated only by
logic and rational. He is editing much such work, which is dependent on emotion. Most social
action is like that which is understood by emotion not rational. The action are performing
by human are related to that emotional aspect, information can be get about it. We cannot
understand practically of sociological action. These sociological actions cannot understand
to detach self. In this situation, we try to know the purpose and their objective with the help
of the emotion of human. Example, a boy steals a bread or biscuit. The action performing
by boy is not understandable by logic and rational. For understood these action we enter
the emotion of boy. We will know that why boy do theft is. In addition, we take the support
of emotion than logic. The method of understanding social action of emotion Max Weber
divided this method in to two parts:
a. Direct observation method: Max Weber give the name of first method of
understanding the social action on the bases of emotion is Direct Observation Method.
As clear by name that these type of action, we can understand by only seeing. Many
such actions are performing in society, which cannot understand by the logic and
discretion. Nevertheless, to seeing that tell the aim of that action. If husband-wife has

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