Max Weber would say that building a highway through several neighborhoods and destroying homes and social relationships in order to reduce the commute time from the suburbs into Downtown business areas is an example of which type of behavior that is found in industrial societies?

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Dustin Chan

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25 August, 18:17

Max Weber would say that building a highway through several neighborhoods and destroying homes and social relationships in order to reduce the commute time from the suburbs into Downtown business areas is an example of which type of behavior that is found in industrial societies?

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Diana Bush · Answer 1

The answer is rationalization.

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Max Weber would say that this kind of urban development in a modern, industrial society is an example of rationalization because it aims to increase efficiency in terms of what is considered to be the greater good (but in very capitalist terms). The culmination of these aims of rationalization and efficiency is that people become trapped in an "iron cage" according to Weber. All the policies and rules and actions taken to enhance the well-being of humanity end up disadvantaging many (like the homes and social relationships destroyed in this example of building a highway to improve life in the suburbs).