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Ideal type

Ideal type (German: Idealtypus), also known as pure type, is a typological term most closely associated with the sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920). For Weber, the conduct of social science depends upon the construction of abstract, hypothetical concepts. The "ideal type" is therefore a subjective element in social theory and research, and one of the…

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Ideal type

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related to External links · 21
Ideal type → Allan, April, Archived, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN, Johnson, Ltd, Max Weber, Max Weber's Methodology, Philosophy, Politics, Retrieved, Science, Sociology, Stanford Encyclopedia, The Blackwell Dictionary, The Ideal Type, Trinity International University, Values, Website
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Ideal type → Co, Henderson, Ideal Types, London, Max Weber, Max Weber's Sociology, Pawel Zaleski, Polish Sociological Review, Religion, Religious Field, Some Theoretical Inspirations, Study, Talcott Parsons, The, Translated, William Hodge
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Ideal type → An, Gedankenbilder, German, In, It, Max Weber, Therefore, Weber, Weber's Protestant Ethics
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Ideal type → Critics, Some

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in Weber's Protestant Ethics analysis.To try to understand a particular phenomenoninstance ofsuprahistorical phenomenon such as capitalism or historically unique occurrences0.80text
one must not only describe the actions of its participants butinstance ofsuprahistorical phenomenon such as capitalism or historically unique occurrences0.80text
Ideal typerelated to CriticismCritics0.60section
Ideal typerelated to CriticismSome0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksStanford Encyclopedia0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksPhilosophy0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksMax Weber0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksRetrieved0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksScience0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksValues0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksPolitics0.60section
Ideal typerelated to External linksMax Weber's Methodology0.60section

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