SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Petite Bourgeoisie, John Calvin, Intelligentsia
9 Mar 2016
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Weber supported her efforts to try and secure the vote for women. Occurred in 1897 when his parents were visiting he got into a very bitter argument with his father about how he was treating his mother. Never saw his father again and he died a few weeks later. All worsened into a severe depression: was completely unable to function. Resigned from his position as professor and gave up his job. Spent the next several years in total collapse. Catalyst was his guilt and remorse over the death of his father. Tension between his parents also played a role. Mental illness also ran in his family. Went to the us in 1904 because he was invited to give a lecture: noticed that the large corporations were bureaucracies, and that businessmen who were running these businesses = protestant. 1905 weber published his most famous book the protestant ethic and the. 1907 received a substantial inheritance from his grandfather.
