SOCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Elective Affinities, Protestant Work Ethic, Asceticism
3 Dec 2016
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Outline: weber"s methodology, multi-causal theorist, elective affinity, rise of rationality and its consequences. Affinity" a point of coincidence" or convergence". Islam (note: weber was wrong about his belief that islam fell in this category) Hinduism go through transition towards the end of life from this worldly non- ascetic to other-worldly ascetic) Religion is not the only thing that drives history. Extreme inner loneliness and anxiety: psychological effect. Accumulated capital: economic rationalism and open-ended accumulation. 3 types of legitimate order: traditional, modern (rational/legal, rules +bureaucracy, charismatic. 4 types of social action: traditional actions, charismatic action, wert (value) rationality, zweck (instrumental) rationality. Teacher"s job: to give us knowledge, but not to tell us what their values are. Charisma: we need a vision to encourage and lead us. Ethic of responsibility vs. ethic of moral conviction . The thought that man has obligation towards the possessions entrusted to him, to which he subordinates himself either as obedient stewards or actually as a.
