Colonial states combined Weberian rational and Durkheimian moral governance.

Evidence

These positions need not be seen as contradictory. In the colonies, Weber’s reasoned state, staffed by “cultivated men,” complemented Durkheim’s moralizing one. Colonial states were in the business of “engineering morality,” both among their agents and those ruled. — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 426

Categorization

• XREF: Reconciles Weber and Durkheim on statehood, connecting to Weber’s rationalized state and Durkheim’s moral discipline from earlier readings.