rationalization (n.) is a process in which a person enters, applying practical knowledge to achieve an end.

Max Weber on Rationalization

defense mechanism

rationalization

rationalization itself is 'the master trend of history'.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

Rationalisation is Procrastination’s spin doctor.

is greed's servant, inventing lies so a man can follow what he already wants.

Recast in definition form from: “… vision of greed appears and beckons to them, they invent …”

is a process in which a person enters, applying practical knowledge to achieve an end.

Rationalization is a process in which a person enters, applying practical knowledge to achieve an end. Rationalization is a large part of Weber's theories on bureaucracy. This is also where Weber and Marx begin to agree on some of the models of organization and rationalization. Both socialism and capitalism are the rational forms of sciences and organizations.' (NET)

is human nature --- In this world there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.

In this world there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. .

is at all of our core --- humans are not rational beings; they are rationalizing beings.

Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalizing beings.

is always at work --- a man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

Brian A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

post-purchase rationalization

rationalise (neoliberalism)

choice-supportive bias

self-justification

intellectual honesty

sour grapes

anthropology of reason

as-if system of idea

bad faith

biopower

casuist

impersonal management

jesuitry

kettle logic

excuse

casuistry

explaining yourself

intellectualization

reason

secondary elaboration

secondary revision

sublimation

self-deceit

dissimulation

persuasion

avoidance

compartmentalization

compensating

coping mechanism

denial

disavowal

dissociation

idealization

isolierung

passive aggressiveness

projection

projective inversion

rationalizing

reaction formation

refusal

repression

selective thinking

sexual sublimation

trauma blocking

undoing

alibi

defense

definition

exposition

functional explanation

interpretation

justification

rationale

simplification

cognitive dissonance

self-deception

self justification

making excuses

is not reflective of an increased and general knowledge of the conditions under which one lives, but rather the opposite. The savage knows incomparably more about his tools. Modern man, who rides in a streetcar has no idea, and need have no idea, how it happened to get into motion.

Does it mean that we, today, for instance, everyone sitting in this hall, have a greater knowledge of the conditions of life under which we exist than has an American Indian or a Hottentot' Hardly. Unless he is a physicist, one who rides on the streetcar has no idea how the car happened to get into motion. And he does not need to know. He is satisfied that he may 'count' on the behavior of the streetcar, and he orients his conduct according to this expectation... but he knows nothing about what it takes to produce such a car so that it can move. The savage knows incomparably more about his tools. When we spend money today I bet that even if there are colleagues of political economy here in the hall, almost every one of them will hold a different answer in readiness to the question: How does it happen that one can buy something for money-- sometimes more and sometimes less ' The savage knows what he does in order to get his daily food and which institutions serve him in this pursuit. The increasing intellectualization and rationalization do not, therefore, indicate an increased and general knowledge of the conditions under which one lives. (weber 'science as vocation' 14)

is not indicative of an increased and general knowledge of the conditions under which we live. On the contrary, the savage knows incomparably more about his tools.

is the increase of rational orientations and activity in social life in modernity brought about by scientific-technical rationalism, metaphysical-ethical rationalism, and methodical life-style rationalism.

The increase of rational orientations and activity in social life brought about by scientific-technical rationalism, metaphysical-ethical rationalism, and methodical life-style rationalism. (net)

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