SOCI 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Science, Iron Cage, Rationality
14 Nov 2017
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The problem of change: protestant ethnic and the spirit of capitalism, why did the modern capitalism emerge in western europe rather than in one of the other great civilizations, ideal types. Ideal types: methodological tool for the scientific study of human societies, analytical concepts constructed by social scientist to capture essential features of a social phenomenon, one sided exaggeration of what goes on in the real world. What is exaggerated depends on problem at hands: useful in empirical research. The protestant ethnic and the spirit of capitalism, explanation o the origin of modern capitalism on western european. Point of departure: positive relationship between being protestant and being economically successful in modern capitalist societies. How does weber explain this fact: assesse the content of modern capitalism, assess the content of protestantism, documents influence of protestantism on the economic behavior of believers. Content of modern capitalism: defining characteristic of modern capitalism.
