SOC 3701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Delayed Gratification, Ideal Type, Frugality
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11/2-lecture 15: max weber: the protestant ethic and the spirit of. Ma(cid:454) we(cid:271)e(cid:396) defi(cid:374)ed so(cid:272)iolog(cid:455) as (cid:862)a s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h atte(cid:373)pts the i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)etati(cid:448)e u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of social action: sociology is properly concerned with individuals, not just structure. Major works: the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism (two parts: 1904 and 1905, the religion of china (1913, the religion of india (1916-1917, ancient judaism. Theology has enormous impact on behavior even social and economic behavior. Among the calvinist and many of the other protestant groups wealth has auto(cid:373)ati(cid:272)all(cid:455)(cid:863) a(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:373)ulated th(cid:396)ough i(cid:374)te(cid:374)se (cid:862)e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:271)ut (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot to (cid:271)e (cid:862)sho(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863: how calvinism created capitalism. Hard work, combined with asceticism, produces money/profit accumulation. E(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374) of (cid:272)apitalis(cid:373) is a(cid:374) u(cid:374)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of cal(cid:448)i(cid:374)ists" (cid:396)eligious beliefs and their rationalization of those beliefs. Anxiety over afterlife hard work+ frugality (as sign of salvation) accumulate. Even though the strict nature of early protestant groups is mostly gone, the residues are evident i(cid:374) toda(cid:455)"s so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)
