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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Ideal types.

  • UPSC 1994, 1987
  • Sociological Thinkers

The ideal type is Max Weber's main conceptual tool for studying an infinitely complex social reality. In his essay on "Objectivity" (1904), he defined it as a mental construct formed by the one-sided accentuation of one or more points of view and the synthesis of many diffuse, discrete concrete phenomena into a unified analytical construct.…

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