Exam 4: Max Weber

Discuss Weber's essay on bureaucracy. Explain the negative and positive attributes of this system. Also explain its role in Weber's concept of "iron cage."

Explain why Max Weber quotes Benjamin Franklin within The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Weber defines traditional authority as

Define and give concrete examples of traditional authority in today's world.

Which of the following was not one of the religions Weber looked at in his work The Social Psychology of the World Religions?

Which of the following is not a fundamental characteristic of "bureaucracy", according to Weber:

Explain the following types of authority (rational/legal, traditional, charismatic) as discussed by Weber, using concrete contemporary examples.

Weber's vision of sociology casts Verstehen as the principal objective. Verstehen means:

Weber agreed with Marx's definition of class.

One of the major themes running through Weber's work is:

Religions based on the emissary prophecy lead adherents away from workaday life by seeking salvation through extraordinary psychic states.

What was the significance of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation?

What concept does Weber define as "the chance of a man or of a number of men to realize their own will in a social action even against the resistance of others…"?

Choose one of Weber's concepts (class, status, or party), define it and give a contemporary example.

The notion of the calling began capitalism as an economic form.

Max Weber addressed the relationship between religion and which of the following in his work The Social Psychology of the World Religions?

Ideal types are conceptual yardsticks used to examine social processes.

According to Weber, rationalization disenchants Western society and creates an "iron cage."

Explain the significance of Weber's line from The Protestant Ethic, "And this calling is not, as it was for the Lutheran, a fate to which he must submit and which he must make the best of, but God's commandment to the individual to work for the divine glory."

Compare and contrast Weber's types of legitimate domination. Discuss specifically each type's strengths and weaknesses. Be sure to provide contemporary concrete examples of each type.