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Weberian

Weberian

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An approach in sociology that explains how people's beliefs, values, and actions shape society
  • adjective
  • /wɛˈbɛr.i.ən/
  • Formal
: weberiano
  • This resonates with my personal experience and observation, especially in contrast to the narrower Weberian understanding.
  • Weberian sociology

Examples

  • Therefore, the role that religion plays in nationalisms in many parts of the world today is often felt to be an embarrassing anomaly by those who adhere to a Weberian modernization theory.

    Academic text (1996)
  • All these are, of course, well-known perspectives within the tradition of Weberian sociology.

    Academic text (1991)
  • That's where the Weberian view comes from.

  • Liberal education seeks a Socratic method to foster a Weberian ethic of responsibility.

    Academic text (1991)
  • More generally, in Manent's view, Weberian social science distorts both its subject matter and the natural scientific or philosophic attitude toward human action.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Yet Campbell's more careful formulation, which allows the Weberian ethic to exist alongside the Romantic ethic, seems far less.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Yet, the modern Weberian point of view now focuses more on the role that Protestantism plays in liberating individuals from guilt rather than on the way that it liberates them from institutional control, although the two processes go hand in hand.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The so-called Deuteronomistic History: A Sociological, Historical, and Literary Introduction by Thomas Romer, based on a Weberian approach that contends the Book of Deuteronomy is political propaganda.

    Blog text (10)
  • The underlying rationale of the European nation-state has been rooted in both notions: a functional arrangement for (in the Weberian sense) rational administrative practices of the state and a cultural sense of belonging.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The research paper explores various Weberian concepts, highlighting their relevance in modern sociology.

Surface Forms

Weberian positive

Morphology

Weberian = Weber (transparent) = Weber + ian

The suffix '-ian' is commonly used to form adjectives indicating a relationship to a person or their ideas.

Etymology

Weberian comes from the name Weber plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to' or 'belonging to', like Darwinian. It refers to the ideas of the sociologist Max Weber, so Weberian means 'based on Weber's way of thinking'.