Re: Weber and rationality

["Ricardo Duchesne" <rduchesn@xxxxxxxx>]

kelly:
> i'm sorry richard, did i say anything about calculations of self
> interest?  i was talking about the organizational/institutional form of
> rationality.  weber operates on three levels:  individual, organizational,
> and cultural/institutional.  when i say that rationality in terms of
> rationalized capitalism is composed of characteristics that reveal it to be
> standardized, etc i'm not speaking of individual level motivations.


I don't think I was direspectful towards you to merit this reply,
which is  why I dislike all these accusations re: this or that
classical thinker being a racist or a slaver, because such
discussions always deteriorate into personal attacks. I may be curt
at times but this is at far as it goes. You also get to know how I
feel about something which is, I think, better than the passive
aggression you find in anglo-saxon culture.