Topic > The iron cage and Max Weber - 582

Max Weber introduced the sociological concept of the iron cage; this concept means the greater rationalization of social life especially in Western capitalist societies. The “iron cage” is the idea of ​​an individual feeling trapped, controlled, and dehumanized by the systems that control us (Lecture Notes). The iron cage is the set of rules and laws to which everyone has been subjected and which they must abide by. Bureaucracy puts us in an iron cage, which limits individual human freedom and potential, instead of making us free. It is the path of the institution, where we no longer have a choice. Once capitalism was born, it was like a machine that you get dragged into without an alternative option. Currently, whether we agree or disagree, for example if you want to survive you have to have a job and you have to earn money. Weber believed that social actions were based on efficiency instead of the old types of social actions, which were based on lineage or kinship. Behavior had become dominated by goal-oriented rationality and less by tradition and values. According to Web...