EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Protestant Work Ethic, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre

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From alcoholics anonymous and talk shows to . Existentialism - thinkers like soren kierkegaard, martin heidegger, jean-paul. For kierkegaard, we take a leap of faith , for the others, there is no religious option. We must come to grips with a meaningless world. A peculiar dynamic: from poverty to great riches Consequence 5: luther"s (protestantism"s influence on capitalism?) That he might not be unemployed, god gave him the business of keeping and cultivating paradise . How ideas from the 16th century which have nothing to do explicitly with the economy nonetheless can create a culture ripe for capitalism. This will be the argument of max weber, which we will pursue next time. Read the introduction by max weber provided on the website. The protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Last time we looked at key aspects of luther"s theology. Twofold nature of man: spiritual and temporal. Twofold relation to authority: spiritually free from law, temporally beholden to it.

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