What social pathology did max weber write about?

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Answer 1

i believe the word is rationalization:

Weber identified a major trend in modern society i.e. increasing formal rationality. He argued that formal rationality increasingly replaces substantive rationality. Formal rationality refers to goal-oriented and calculative behaviour while substantive rationality refers to behaviour guided by a system of values such as religious ideas. Examples of increasing rationality include the rise of science and the decline of magical thinking, a formal legal code replacing more traditional ways of social control and so on. However, Weber warned that too much formal rationality can threaten human freedom ("the iron cage of rationality"). For example, Singapore is a society which emphasises productivity and efficiency at the expense of individual freedom.