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iron cage

term coined by Max Weber for the increased rationalization inherent in social life
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iron cage

Summary

iron cage is a sociological concept[1]. It draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #21 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • iron cage authored Max Weber[3].
  • iron cage's instance of is recorded as sociological concept[4].
  • iron cage's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d2_g4[5].
  • iron cage's has cause is recorded as instrumental and value rationality[6].
  • iron cage's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "IronCage::3y965"][7].
  • iron cage's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778430094[8].
  • iron cage's TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID is recorded as demir_kafes[9].

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Works and Contributions

iron cage authored Max Weber[3].

Why It Matters

iron cage draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #21 of 51).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Max Weber

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . plato.stanford.edu. plato.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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