THE USE OF the word "ideal" or "utopia" should not be construed to mean that the concept being described is in any sense the best of all possible worlds. as used by weber, the term meant that the form described in the concept was rarely, if ever, found in the real world. in fact, weber argued that the ideal type need not be positive or correct; it can just as easily be negative or even morally repugnant (weber,1903-1917/1949)