ABSTRACT
Max Weber defines ‘communisation’ (Vergemeinschaftung) as a set of social relations that informs action orientations based on the subjectively experienced affiliation of the persons concerned.1 In this view, the ‘communal’ is opposed to the ideal type of association (Vergesellschaftung), which is dominated by the rational pursuit of interest.2 Weber’s differentiation is similar to Ferdinand Tönnies’ dichotomy between community (Gemeinschaft) and society (Gesellschaft), which elaborates the difference between social relations based on an organic unity of kinship – family and friendship – and those oriented towards the tensional unity of interest.3
