SOC100H5 Lecture 4: Sociological Theory
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Focus on social interaction, social meaning, the interpretation that is given to behavior, and how those help to construct the social world, the identities of people, and how they behave. A german sociologist who point out flaws in marx"s work. In his opinion, most of un-manual workers and professions are willing to stabilize the society because they enjoy the higher status and income. In addition, he critiqued that conflict theory is not the only driving force of history but also politics, religion. Except from economy, he studied the social world. ((brym and lie, 2018) Weber argued that early capitalism development is not caused by economy-related events but certain religious beliefs. During 16th and 17th century, protestants believed that their belief would be less doubted if they worked diligently. He said that its unintended effect causes followers could save and invest more money than others. In the end, where the protestant took hold, where capitalism developed the most.
