Re: Re: Weber and rationality

[kelley <kwalker2@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:49 AM 12/7/00 -0400, Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
> 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.

could you point me to the place where i was disrespectful or engaging in a
personal attack. i corrected your misinterpretation and your assumption
that i needed to be lectured on the uses of rationality in weber's
work.  this would be no more of a personal attack than your felt need to
correct what you believed was my misuse of weber's concept of rationality.


kelley



kelley