Modernization shifts conduct from tradition to means-ends calculation

Evidence

The rationalization of social life consists for Weber in the increasing regulation of conduct by instrumental rationality rather than by traditional norms and values, a process which is accompanied by the more ever more widespread use of the methods of post-Galilean science to determine the most efficacious course of action available to individuals in pursuit of their goals. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 153

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rapid political change and tradition clashes weaken routine-embedded repertoires into innovation — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 263