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Max Weber'S Interpretive Sociology And Rational Choice Approach

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This article aims at substantiating two theses: (1) Weber's programmatic metatheoretical texts contain a description of the method of socio-scientific explanation, which anticipate a specific version of the Rational Choice Approach (RCA) in contemporary sociology, and (2) it is possible to distinguish two versions of this description; the first, however, being closer to the RCA than the second. The late Weberian outline of sociological theory of action is reconstructed out of his famous typology of action.

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  • Zenonas Norkus, 2000. "Max Weber'S Interpretive Sociology And Rational Choice Approach," Rationality and Society, , vol. 12(3), pages 259-282, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ratsoc:v:12:y:2000:i:3:p:259-282
    DOI: 10.1177/104346300012003001
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