This man's distinction between "means-end rational" and "value-rational" actions led to TalcottParsons's theory of social action.
This man's distinction between "means-end rational" and "value-rational" actions led to TalcottParsons's theory of social action. One book that this man wrote claimed that the lack of Messianicprophecy in Hinduism led to a lack of incentive to innovate. He used a tool called the "ideal type" to arguethat the excessive rationalization of Western society, particularly prevalent in bureaucracies, trapped peopleinside an "iron cage." This thinker, who defined a state as an institution monopolizing the use of force inPolitics as a Vocation, claimed in a different text that the idea of predestination led to the association ofwealth with moral rectitude. For 10 points, name this German thinker who wrote The Protestant Ethic andthe Spirit of Capitalism.
This man's distinction between "means-end rational" and "value-rational" actions led to TalcottParsons's theory of social action.
Max Weber