Concept

Social action

Overview

In sociology, social action, also known as Weberian social action, is an act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals (or 'agents'). According to Max Weber, "Action is 'social' insofar as its subjective meaning takes account of the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course."

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Social action

• Jürgen Habermas
• Max Weber
• Henry David Thoreau

Related ideas

• Sociology
• Max Weber
• Social relation
• University of California Press
• Individual
• Institution
• Tradition
• Action (philosophy)
• Causality
• Behavior
• Structure and agency
• Economics
• Florian Znaniecki
• Agency (sociology)

Opposing perspectives

• Anti-authoritarianism

Place in the tradition

Part of Action theory (philosophy).

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