SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: John Calvin, Protestant Work Ethic
4 Jan 2016
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1905--wrote a book called the protestant ethic and the spirit of. The war effort--ww1 broke out in 1914, and weber initially supported germany"s world effort. Weber"s mother died in 1919, and his little sister committed suicide in 1920 (she suffered from mental illness). Weber was diagnosed with pneumonia in 1920, and died at the age of 56. Many sociologists say yes, and we can use it to understand today"s society. Reasons: his analysis of bureaucracy, which is actually more prevalent now than in weber"s time, understanding of inequality--knew it was more than just classalso status, party, power, domination. Religion and capitalism key aspects of his thesis--2 protestant doctrines. The protestant reformation tried to change the roman catholic. They failed in changing it, so they separated themselves from the rcc and established their own protestant denominations. Two that were very important were established by. The spirit of capitalism was tied to protestants, according to weber.
