WEBER’S TYPES OF SOCIAL ACTION:
~ GENUS ~
value-rational (werkrational) –
action in support of, in defense of, in commitment to a
particular value (not necessarily pursued by rational
means, by in some way that “makes sense”)
~ SPECIES ~
traditional –
action entrenched through habit, dictated by custom,
past experience, the weight of history
affective –
action stirred (even dictated) by an immediate
emotion, often precipitated by a charismatic figure
means-ends (goal) rational (zweckrational) –
action consonant with logic, rational calculation,
instrumental assessment, sometimes translated as
“technocratic thinking”
