The social order in Max Weber's theory

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos Bolda, Bruna
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ciências Sociais
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/revcienso/article/view/43722
• topic: Max Weber; Macrosociology; Social Order; Max Weber; Macrossociologia; Ordem social

The updated studies of Max Weber's writings question his status as a “methodological individualist.” By pursuing these anti-reductionist efforts, it is possible to see in his methodological writings (Kategorien, 1913 and Grundbegriffe, 1921) a macrosociology of social orders that will be discussed in the present paper. In formal terms, Weber conceives order as the macro-level culmination, in both texts. In substantive terms, the order is exposed as a regulation of the social relationship that has formal validity in 1913. However, in 1921, when there is an insertion of the moral-normative element of legitimate validity, the order is described as a set of duties considered as mandatory maximum for actions. Therefore, Weber stops thinking of order only in terms of the law (established order) and starts to articulate his reasoning from politics (legitimate order).