SOC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Georg Simmel, Elective Affinities, Protestant Work Ethic
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Affectual motivation is not resistant to change, changes in the moment. The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Argued that rise to dominance and success of capitalism in the west was due to its elective affinity with a particular form of religiosity. Form of rationality rising to dominance in western society was instrumental rationalization. We have become emotionally attached to products of capitalism. Examples of increasing rational organization in various domains of social life: Capitalism as the rational organization of economic activity. Defined the subject of sociology as "social interaction" within and across social circles (social groups) Mathematics and geometry focus on how people are connected to one another and the consequences of connections (social network analysis) Subjective and objective dimensions of social reality (race and racial inequality) Mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) to gain both, explanatory and interpretive understanding of race and racial inequality in north america.
