Ideal type

Ideal type (German: Idealtypus), also known as pure type, is a typological term most closely associated with the sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920).^[1] For Weber, the conduct of social science depends upon the construction of abstract, hypothetical concepts. The "ideal type" is therefore a subjective element in social theory and research, and one of the subjective elements distinguishing sociology from natural science.

^ Weber, Max (1949). Max Weber on the methodology of the social sciences. Translated by Shils, Edward A.; Finch, Henry A. (First ed.). Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press. p. 42-44, 90-107,110,114,125.

[1] Weber, Max (1949). Max Weber on the methodology of the social sciences. Translated by Shils, Edward A.; Finch, Henry A. (First ed.). Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press. p. 42-44, 90-107,110,114,125.

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