TAMUCT Iron Cage Discussion

1. What did Weber mean by the ‘iron cage” of bureaucracy? How can this concept be applied to our rationalized modern day life? Provide an example.

Allan, Kenneth. 2014. The Social Lens: An Invitation to Social and Sociological Theory.
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (ISBN: 978–1–4129–9278–7)r

Reading:
o Chapter 4 – The Irrationality of Rationality: Max Weber (1864–1920)