Max Weber & Modernity: Crash Course Sociology #9
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This week we are wrapping up our overview of sociology’s core frameworks and founding theorists with a look Max Weber and his understanding of the modern world. We’ll explore rationalization and the transition from traditional to modern society. We’ll also discuss bureaucracy, legitimacy, and social stratification in the modern state. Finally, we’ll see why Weber was so worried about the modern world.
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Anyone else here after trying to read a textbook or essay on modernity and crying?
Yeah 🤣
Yes😂
yup
Me lol
for sociology class
"Weber worried that the systems that rationalisation built will leave behind the ideas that built them and that they'll simply roll on forever, meaninglessly, under their own momentum. He worried that we'll become locked in what he called an 'iron cage of bureaucratic capitalism' from which we can't escape. Our lives will become nothing but a series of interactions based on rationalised rules, with no personal meaning behind them." Well that was scarily prophetic of him, Jesus...
Wait til he sees the robots.
I honestly don't bother. Better than living at his time.
Kafka was pretty Weberian.
Should a machine not function upon striking the panel marked "on" this is an omen of great ill. The reasons ascribed may be as follows. Firstly, the function of inadequate preparation on the part of the operator. Secondly, the action of the machine whose spirit may refuse the binding of the operator. Thirdly, the malintent of some third party upon the operator or machine. The operator must repeat the ritual from the beginning re-purifying himself, enscribing the runes, intoning the incantations, and striking the panel marked 'on'. An accompanying oath may be made. Should this procedure fail, the operator must recourse to consulting the instruction manual - Book of the Astronomicon
I was going to skip your comment, but then I read the last word on it.
This series is so good it should have no end and go on forever as long as there is internet.
I have a sociology test tomorrow and your videos literally saved my 50% of the grade
I love the phrase "Human Construct".
When told things I 'have' to do in life, I question why. Like go to college, work 40 hours/week, retire at 65, ect. All of those are just human constructs that aren't a requirement for living your life. I just want to live a life where I'm not in debt forever.
"Just keep firing, Morty. They're all just robots, Morty"
"I don't know, Rick, they aren't acting like robots"
"it's a figure of speech, Morty, they're bureaucrats, Morty"
Sociology is the subject i didn't know i wanted. I'm glad school didn't ruin it for me. Thanks Crash Course :)
this is one of the only CC series that get me so engaged and interested in what the narrator is teaching that by the time the video ends, i've been so enthralled by the information that I don't realize 10+ min have passed already. And then I just crave moreeee lol
Considering the wide range of topics Weber was interested in, I'm impressed by how well they managed to seamlessly tie together so many of his interests into one ten minute video! Also, Habermas is pronounced like H-ah-bermas, not like H-ai-bermas.
Oof... I've *read* it so many times that it didn't even occur to me to double check a pronunciation guide on this one. Unfortunately, we've filmed a couple more episodes that mention him, so prepare to laugh at me and my poor pronunciation a little more in the weeks ahead.
Well you can only do the best you can! It's understandable. My adviser in my Sociology department is German, so he makes sure I know all the correct pronunciations of German sociologists. The one thing German sociologists have in common is their weird hard to pronounce names!
That's facinating to hear tbh?? I'm a german sociology student, so the only name that has given me trouble so far has been Du Bois (I still pronounce it the french way inside my head). What names do you think are hard to pronounce??
Mostly its just that the names are pronounced differently than you would expect at first glance. Weber isn't pronounced with the W sound like you might expect for example. Names like, Niklas Luhmann, Claus Offe, Herbert Marcuse, and György Lukács (not German, but still hard to pronounce!) are not all straightforward in their pronunciation!
I swear these videos are running on 2x speed holy moley
Just a reminder that rational does not mean good/right.
Found the commie
Excellent, you are absolutely right
It means actually thinking about what you are doing to achieve an end instead of blindly following the traditions. Though according to weber it also means blindly following the bureocratical rules.
@@JM-fo1te Found the douchie.
This is easily the best Crash Course series to date.
eeeerrr.....
Sociology is a lot of fun, I pity the fools who dismiss it as 'not a real science' and never study it.
I liked crash course philosophy better
I prefer psychology and philosophy
Zarko Cekovski Not for Alt-righties
this sociology crash course videos are literally life savers such a good job!!
Max Weber? More like "Magnificent lecture!" 👍
THESE VIDEOS got me through my 200, and 300 level classes thank you !!
"And then there are those who can turn their fame or status into political power." Hahaha!
I noted the resignation and despair in her voice when she said that line.
Christopher Canon the first thing I thought of was Pacquiao
Subtle message sent to the future.
I don't know much about Pacquaio and what he does, but I don't think he's that influential anyway, right? He doesn't have some kind of special agenda.
Although I'm curious, what did Pacquaio do to be qualified for his job? What I mean is, what would a person do to be qualified for his job? Can anyone become.. a Senator? He's a Senator, right?
I think who she was referring to was Trump, right? How can Americans say they like him when he's one of the elites of the corporate world? Do they really think an elite represents most Americans?
Crash Course will never cease being a valuable asset during exams for me.
Thank you for summarizing and analyzing such lengthy texts! Your entire team honestly deserves a reward for how much you’ve helped my peers and I over the years.
my favorite classical sociologist so far!
The value of this course in this forum will prove to be very large I think.
I really enjoy these, and I actually like the speed at which they go, a lot of information can get into a person this way. If you missed something rewatch the episode it's fast enough that you don't waste time and it solidifies the information.
You're speaking my language, Nicole Sweeney!I love the series. It's refreshing to learn a social science. Please, keep doing good!
Incredibly helpful and informative. Thank you!
When I see that thinkers of all generations used to think that humanity was heading in a bad path, I breathe with relief for a while, but then I think "oh, no... this time we're really screwed", and I get worried again! 😱
Blue Penguin Thanks. Fixed. That was added by the tablet's keyboard. 👍
Everyone proclaims that we're heading in a bad path if it doesn't follow their vision
Before people had ideas full of bias because there was no science about that.
Then people still had ideas full of bias but social-sciences scholars who tried to study it came with more evolved ideas.
Now
we have more than a century of that, a wide knowledge of how capitalism
heads to a wall as well as being based on a wrong belief at its core,
we have meta-analysis about the probable peaks of extraction of fossil
energies but also and especially everyday-life metals which say
"un-growth" should have began already years ago to avoid the coming
recession... but people still dont know that as the capitalists use the
public space for ads and propaganda, so we're all fucked!
Don't thank me for that moment of intense depression!
Man I really love this series and appreciate the work you guys are doing! Thanx
ditto!
The view of functionalist perspective, one most widely used by sociologists, are the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspective. together these approaches will provide an introductory look at the discipline.
Weber's philosophies are making a lot of sense to me, I'll have to read further.
Thank you! You guys explained everything so well, I have to teach this tomorrow at my university and I was freaking out hahahaha
Tip: put on 0.75 speed to actually *hear* what she says
「 DJ Ambient 」 honestly. Crash course videos are always so fast and I always have to slow them down and pause to take in what they’re saying
Tip, put on speed on 2 for 30 seconds then go back to normal so you actually hear what she says
Thank you! I love her but these crash courses are a bit too fast
Finished watching this in x1.75 speed only to find people have problems following it in normal speed.
Think I have a problem lol
I had to speed it up to keep my interest
that was absolutely AMAZING. Seriously, you got a new subscriber for life.
Concise and crisp . I use these for teaching in my class.
This deserve more likes and views... Great work
I am impressed about the way Nicole changes the way on how a normal John Green would do on a normal CrashCourse episode.
I love this woman's interactive speech.
These crash course videos help me alot now that i have to take 2 exams again, cause i flunked the first time.
Weber's envisioning and worries about the impending social order as a consequence of modernity are so true: It's almost like a prophecy but with scientific merit.
My first person observations and obtaining knowledge on the way society works through the lasts 5 episodes have lead me to conclude that it is appropriate to state that "Looking good Nicole."
This is helping me in my social science class, so thank you 🙏🏻
Thank You for such lucid explanation.
Weber is absolutely correct. We do forget or lose track of why we do things the way we do. Such a simple solution is to teach the new generation Why instead of leaving them to question. q:
The biggest improvement has been the internet and Esperanto. Esperanto will hopefully take off one day. :)
The Girl Does Really Well ! More Power to Her !
Rick's Portal gun doesn't do time travel so they traveled to an alternate universe where humanity never progressed past the middle ages in Europe?
televisionblitz probably
televisionblitz it took them to a medieval themed park developed by the Delos Corporation.
televisionblitz Yeah, I was very disappointed in that shameless attempt to relate to the viewers. Boo.
It hasn't been confirmed that the portal gun wouldn't allow for time travel, and logically the amount of energy to open a wormhole to another dimension would be on a similar scale to that needed for time travel. We just haven't seen them do it yet. Also, the characters are a goof on Doc and Marty from Back to the Future so there's a good chance they'll do time travel eventually.
I had a sociology exam for university last week and this was a huge topic in it. I wish this had been released last week haha. Really great video though
May I ask for the book sources or references of where you got the following in the part of the video where you introduced the ideas of John Calvin?:
1. that the point of life was no longer that it was divinely appointed and that it became a matter of how well, or how much you worked
2. the idea that success is the proof of election
3. wealth proved you were saved
For those who like this analysis of how/why society changed over time, I recommend James Burke's "Connections". To me it is more compelling than the single paradigm shift expoused here.
I love intelligent people who thinks about "sources of things"!
Thanks!
Can I ask for a re-evaluation of Calvin’s ideas of success and predestination the way it’s presented here is in direct opposition with his actual work and theological contributions
Portal !! They Have the portal damn it rick!
Abdullah Şimşek They've got the portal gun. Rick and morty lovers will love this video 😄
Max Weber you're really so inspiring and a great teacher through the work you do. You're my inspiration and thats why many poor children from different communities and streets in uganda are benefiting in the Project and organisations i created in uganda. children and youths are learning great art skills and getting education sponsorships to archieve their goals. i created my youtube channel called bwengula circus project where i always post videos made to inspire more people the way you do it. Thank you so much and may God bless you
THANKS FOR UR LECTURES...LOVE FROM INDIA
0:11 while everyone is talking about Rick, I was like IS THAT ＳＩＬＩＣＯＮ ＶＡＬＬＥＹ REFERENCES?!
PLEASE DO AN EPISODE ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE FAMILY AND THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
I reeeeaallllyyyyy want crash course political science!!
dont normally comment, but this is a very good and informative video
thanks for subtitles
Nicole is such an amazing host
Ahhh, such a throwback to my organizational theory and behavior class.... :P
I simply love this channel!
I just started marathoning these and I love them so far A+ and 1430.
AAAAAH. Nice Buffy reference. This comment makes my heart the happiest. Thank you!
This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power takes many forms and changes in value based on contextual needs. For example: It's very rare for a president to be selected because of individual powers such as charisma, or personal traits. I assert that it's the power behind the individual that determines the selection. Trump is one of those rare exceptions where the power was given to him by citizens rather than by the power base that typically controls choice and therefore outcomes in order to preserve established power.
First, I love the series and have enjoyed it so far. However, considering the plausibility of Weber's theory I'm not quite sure how well the phenomena of modernity holds up on the global sociological scale. It applies well to the West and Europe, however, Eastern Asian cultures and Latin American cultures functioned differently. Especially on the grounds of the bureaucracy as was mentioned in this video. Before even the fall of Rome, the Han Dynasty in China had already created a massive bureaucracy that made early industrial bureaucracies seem laughable. Also, in the Inca civilization in South America, Incan socialism also created a wide government apparatus that functioned beyond a centralized government, and instead as a wider imperial bureaucracy that managed the civilizations resources. Weber's theories apply well to the West and industrialization, however many of the elements of modernity and social apparatus' were created before the West even became a concept. The theory of modernity still holds well in the West, but I thought it might be important to look outside of it. Love the show.
I too am enjoying the series, but realise that much of the thinkers and theories are coming from the 'West' and the historical context of the industrial revolution. I wonder what the sociological perspective on imperialism and colonialsim is.
Weber didn't only write about bureaucracy in the modern west, one of the main ideas he came up with were the 3 ideal types of domination, which were legal-rational (bureaucracy is associated with this one), traditional and charismatic, these ideal types in their pure states exist only in theory as reality is always more complicated and may mix more than one, these ideal types are used to help shed some light as you look into any given human group, also don't expect to know a lot about his theories in a 10 minute video, as there is much more than could possibly fit just one video
Cameron Waltz Weber was well aware of the ancient Chinese state. He wrote extensively on Indian and Chinese social and political systems and religion. I don't think he was as knowledgable about the Incans. My memory is a little faulty, but I remember he discounted these ancient forms of bureaucracy as different in kind to modern Western variety that allowed Europe technocratic edge over all other societies. Remember how a theorist or school of thought defines a term can be quite different to a words general usage - for example Weber's 'rationality' is different to its common English usage. He was a dense and prolific writer who needs more examination than a short video that briefly introduces his key ideas.
This is a great comment. This video is more about the Western solution to bureaucracy and how that evolved in its history.
Loving the quality of these RUclips comments
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency"
The best distinction is depersonalization. Many years ago communities were small' of around 200 people maximum. All of morality evolved throughout eons of small communities. In very large societies morality dissolves.
the comments section is finally about the topic
I would describe the people at my local DMV as anything but competent!
Hahaha that was still a very effective analogy!!
Max Vaper sounds like a badass name.
Ja
Make a list of suggested reading for each video, please
"And I can't think of a better example of all these traits than the bureaucracy you see at the DMV. The workers do their jobs competently and according to the rules"
I thought this was an example of wry humor at first.
I love sociology so this crash course is great I love it, thank you.
Legal-rational legitimacy existed in India since Ancient Times. we call it "Dharma" Duty, One has to follow the rules just because they are the rules! And this thing was very much exploited by politicians which gave rise to a biggest war in India - The MahaBharata
I love the silicon valley reference during the intro
Thank you for your informative session.
There is a certain irony to that while John Calvin’s predestination ideas have been used to endorse capitalism, the Reformed doctrine (descendants of Dutch Calvinists) has largely turned toward a more social justice action and conservation.
Hey, it was a good episode that didn't make me angry! woo.
Great Video!
"Using their status or wealth to attain political power..."
I see what you did there!! Here comes the flame wars!
Jefferson was still a pretty good president even if he used his wealth and status to get elected.
so will god emperor
Good presentation and conclusive view at last within so short time
This is great! I clickled on this beacause I'm a big fan of Modernism, but damn this was amazing. I'm also drunk, yay modernity.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the rising needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
this is so interesting
Could you talk about anarchism in one of your future episodes please?
props to you for pronouncing Weber quite well and for this interesting episode!
Great overview. Thx! 🙏
I love all of these sociology videos! Make more please!
Great work. Well done to all who contributed to it's creation.
Love this
This is a really good series. I'm learning a lot. Thank you!
This is great thanks. I was struggling to understand this theory now l do. Thanks a million times
This was a pretty good video.
great video!!!
But where was that full episode of Crash Course Mythology at? I DIDN'T WANT GODDAM OUTTAKES! I need that Thoth and Mike Rugnetta action, I need more Viking tales! More mythology!
you need to talk about ideal type also and the deviation found in reality but thank you as the way said it will help me frame my answer in a crisp manner
This was SO helpful! 😩🙌🏾
This was beautiful, thanks for posting.
Great lecture...plz plz upload more and more and more videos
THANKS!! this came at EXACTLY the right time❤️
The 'iron cage' was a mistranslation of 'iron housing': the external casing of a machine.
> Not about gender/sex
> Not about race
> Like/dislike ratio returns to average
Hmmmmmmmmm.....
> Sociology regarded as science again
> RUclips gets green text
> Nihilism
You do realize the first 6 episodes had nothing to do with gender, sex or race, and people still trolled and downvoted. So there is basically a very weak correlation between ideas about sex, gender and race and trolling sociology videos. Further more popularity does not determine whether a video is true or informative, in fact the clear evidence that people desire to stop others from speaking freely about those topics might actually show the need to discuss them.
Txs god, beautiful teacher and intertening video.. Who needs more..
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