SOC224 Lecture Notes - Mass Suicide
Document Summary
Antagonistic of society: max weber the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism , charismatic authority, adding & critiquing marxist theory of capitalism, adding a cultural element to why capitalism emerged in northern europe > protestant ethic, became more and more concerned with sin and wasting money (sin to buy extravagant things, be wasteful). George hansen: this is why mysticism still exists and science hasn"t totally taken over churches, charismatic authority, charisma: someone believed to have divine quality (similar to cult of personality, people believe in them that they have some sort of access to god, or access to special interpretation of things, unique insight, challenges traditional and rational authority (ideas often new, and basis of authority may not be rational but is based on the specific appeal of their insight, revolutionary potential, charisma, legitimacy, routinization, legitimacy: validity of charisma is recognized by followers, routinization: incorporation of charismatic authority into rational authority (e. g. ,
