Max Weber
sociologist · 4 mentions across 4 readings
In this course
Weber appears primarily as a theoretical anchor for understanding rationalization and standardization in industrial systems, though the excerpts here are fragmentary and partially corrupted, making his specific deployment unclear. The first excerpt suggests his concepts of bureaucratic standardization and protocol-driven production are being invoked to frame how identical components and processes enable modern manufacturing and, by extension, computational systems. His analysis of how rational organization concentrates power and capital appears relevant to the course's broader concern with how cybernetic systems and AI reproduce or intensify existing structures of control.
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