NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -The concept of Verstehen, which loosely translates to ‘understanding’ in German was made popular by Max Weber, one of the “founding fathers” of sociology.

Detailed explanation-2: -Max Weber created his own theory of social stratification, defining social differences through three components: class, status, and power. Here, class is a person’s economic position based on both birth and individual achievement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of Verstehen (noun) German word, typically translated as “understanding”, used by Max Weber (1864–1920) to describe the need for “subjective understanding” or the ability to understand individuals or groups from the perspective of the observed; “walk a mile in their shoes”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Max Weber and Georg Simmel introduced Verstehen as a systematic process in sociology. This systematization of verstehen was later carried into the United States by Talcott Parsons (1937), who used structural functionalism to argue that the individual institutions of societies are functional.