ANT207H5 Lecture 6: Max Weber
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Wrote dissertation of the history of trading companies in medieval europe. Married his cousin: published his most famous work after he died, founders of feminism in germany. Interested in the relationship between religion and economics. One of the founders of social science: was a liberal. Wrote the constitution of the new republic of germany after ww1. Critical of economic determinism: means that economic standing determines how you will behave, sociology is concerned with human understanding, treat people"s subjective states as objective facts. Should not be judging the people you are trying to understand. Three forms of authority: traditional, charismatic. On a certain level, capitalism is completely irrational. Protestant ethic: why have european societies developed these ideas of rationality that they believe to be universal, capitalism is identical with the suit of profit. By means of a continuous, rational, capitalistic enterprise.
