Assignment Due 4/18 Choose a passage from Weber, write out the passage. Then explain the meaning of it, and then explain why you chose this passage.Organized domination, which calls for continuous administration, requires that human conduct be conditioned to obedience towards those masters who claim to be the bearers of legitimate power. On the other hand, by virtue of this obedience, organized domination requires the control of those material goods which in a given case are necessary for the use of physical violence. Thus, organized domination requires control of the personal executive staff and the material implements of administration.
In this passage, Weber describes how the politically dominant powers manage to maintain their domination. According to Weber, staying in power requires control over society in a way that makes it evident who is in charge. I chose this passage because it reminded me of what we discussed in class today about governments lowering the value of their currency rates. Even if this devaluation helped the German government in covering its debts after the Great Depression, their society were highly affected by this action. At the end of the day, Germans suffered the consequences incapable of doing anything about it.
