For Max Weber status is a function of ........

Sociology Preliminary Status and Role, Norms and Values, Law and customs

For Max Weber, status is a function of

Life chances

Styles of life

lifestyles

Life achievements

- Max Weber’s idea of “status” relates to social honor or prestige.

- Option 1: Life chances

- Refers to opportunities to improve quality of life, but for Weber, this is more linked to “class,” not status.

- Option 2: Styles of life

- Refers to habits, tastes, and way of living. This overlaps with Weber’s concept but the exact term he used was “lifestyle.”

- Option 3: lifestyles

- Correct. “Lifestyles” capture the distinctive ways of living and social practices that distinguish status groups, according to Weber.

- Option 4: Life achievements

- This is more about accomplishments or success, not directly about status for Weber.

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