SOCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stoicism, Autocracy, Statism
9 Dec 2016
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We(cid:271)e(cid:396)"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t of (cid:449)hat he (cid:396)ega(cid:396)ded as the e(cid:396)a of o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ized (cid:272)apitalis(cid:373) We(cid:271)e(cid:396)"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t o(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e science as a vocation. Both what he says on science and politics is on the lectures he gave students in 1919 in the middle of a revolutionary uprising in munich. Weber often felt, as many germans did at the time, that the late 19th century was an era of organized capitalism. If you think of marx or smith, they are writing about early, autonomous, endogenously created capitalism. By the end of the 19th century, capitalism in germany is organized. The state and large banks finance industrial concerns. They know that great industries are necessary to have a powerful state. It is organized, much more centralized and bureaucratic. 3 things to be said about the era of organized capitalism. Prof recommends that we read his essay on socialism: marx wrote about socialism.
